The Council Republic of Zulanka is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Communist Party of Zulanka with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 27.567 billion Zulankans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ad Infinitum. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Zulankan economy, worth a remarkable 8,466 trillion labor certificates a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 307,135 labor certificates, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and criminal rehabilitation takes place in re-education centers. Crime is totally unknown. Zulanka's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zulanka is ranked 675^th in the world and 1^st in The Red Sea for Lowest Crime Rates, with 183.45 law-abiding acts per hour.