The Disastrous Planes of ZOCOM is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Overlord with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.359 billion Minion Hoarde are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — prioritizes Defense, although Healthcare, Law & Order, and Education are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dark Tower. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The thriving a Minion economy, worth a remarkable 2,334 trillion Gold peices a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 109,279 Gold peices, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, every workday begins with group therapy, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service, and there's never enough space in space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ZOCOM's national animal is the Golem, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

ZOCOM is ranked 13,394^th in the world and 4^th in The Great Chili for Safest, scoring 117.84 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.