The Armed Forces of Zulankan Outpost 83 is a titanic, safe nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 22.189 billion Zulankans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, although Education, Healthcare, and Defense are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 71.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Zulankan economy, worth 236 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, broadly diversified black market in Trout Farming and Pizza Delivery. 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 10,659 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 83's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zulankan Outpost 83 is ranked 15,883^rd in the world and 1^st in Confederate Arkansas for Largest Populations, with 22.2 billion capita.