The United Socialist Republic of Zynax is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Candelaria Perez Isiordia with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.67 billion Zynaxians 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, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaiza. The average income tax rate is 78.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Zynaxian economy, worth 158 trillion Stars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 94,940 Stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A century of peace does not preclude peace negotiations, elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, parents dread their examinations more than their children, and bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zynax's national animal is the Black Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zynax is ranked 304,971^st in the world and 738^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.44 kickbacks per hour.