The United States of Zormington is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Bob Bobbinson with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, democratic population of 2.22 billion Zormingtonians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Connortown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.7%.

The strong Zormingtonian economy, worth 92.2 trillion Zormanas a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales. Average income is 41,549 Zormanas, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Zormington is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, new arrivals are asked the location of the Minister of the Interior's birthmark, the Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, and it is typical to be greeted by a string of curse words in Zormingtonian restaurants. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zormington's national animal is the coconut bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Methodist.

Zormington is ranked 124,364^th in the world and 4^th in Jexuldej for Smartest Citizens, with 33.12 quips per hour.