The Armed Republic of Zapen is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 23.379 billion Zapenians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Policy, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 62.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Zapenian economy, worth 60.6 trillion Dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 2,591 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zapen's national animal is the camel.

Zapen is ranked 119,450^th in the world and 2,438^th in the West Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.