The Emirate of Zanzaria is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Emir Abdul the Third with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.076 billion Zanzarids are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zanzar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The powerhouse Zanzarid economy, worth 94.4 trillion deniers a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Retail, and Information Technology. Average income is 87,707 deniers, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 340,153 per year while the poor average 15,490, a ratio of 22.0 to 1.

Nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers, from the highest mountain to the deepest cave - one can always count on finding a good cell signal in Zanzaria, many whiskies taste suspiciously like automobile radiators, and young soldiers are shocked to discover there are no 'safe spaces' on a battlefield. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zanzaria's national animal is the seagull, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Zanzaria is ranked 211,952^nd in the world and 5,296^th in The North Pacific for Safest, scoring 32.37 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.