The 2nd Zetastani Region of Bighornia is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Franz Sparwasser with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 7.623 billion Bighornians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zodlerstein Peaks. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Bighornian economy, worth a remarkable 1,340 trillion Zetastani Shekels a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 175,840 Zetastani Shekels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, life expectancies inside correctional facilities vastly exceed the national average, and political visitors are forced to stop ten paces from Franz Sparwasser's throne. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Bighornia's national animal is the black bighorn ibex, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Bighornia is ranked 22,187^th in the world and 196^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,777.98 on the Gilded Widget Scale.