The Republic of Zupla is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Leon with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.734 billion Zuplans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pax. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Zuplan economy, worth a remarkable 3,134 trillion Zuplan Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 212,714 Zuplan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wandering Zuplans are known for their one-track minds, worship days have replaced sick days, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, and every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver. Crime is totally unknown. Zupla's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zupla is ranked 271,844^th in the world and 171^st in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.