The Zone of Proximal Development of Lev Vygotsky is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lev with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 31.795 billion Lev Vygotskyians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gomel. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Lev Vygotskyian economy, worth a remarkable 8,218 trillion ZPDS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 258,486 ZPDS, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,394,576 per year while the poor average 24,862, a ratio of 56.1 to 1.

One year's corporation tax from three international megacorporations has funded one dozen shiny black pencils for Lev's office, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, fraternities are notorious for drunken hooliganism, and government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Lev Vygotsky's national animal is the Cultural Mediation, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Agnostic Pantheism.

Lev Vygotsky is ranked 282,142^nd in the world and 409^th in NationStates for Safest, scoring 4.41 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.