The Confederacy of Zyvetskistaahn is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Council of Executors with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 25.351 billion Zyvetens enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zyveta. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zyveten economy, worth a remarkable 2,007 trillion Zyvetenmarks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 79,201 Zyvetenmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A state-funded project is investigating whether the moon is made of cheese, The Council of Executors spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, and the diplomatic corps stinks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zyvetskistaahn's national animal is the Liffen forest rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Zyveten Orthodoxy.

Zyvetskistaahn is ranked 66,499^th in the world and 2,315^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50.99 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.