The Armed Forces of Zulankan Outpost 144 is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The democratic population of 17.969 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 49.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Zulankan economy, worth 316 trillion labor certificates a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, Soda Sales, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 17,627 labor certificates, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zulankan Outpost 144's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zulankan Outpost 144 is ranked 272,728^th in the world and 1^st in Imperium Aryanum for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -12.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.