The Protectorate of Zemnik is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.877 billion Zemnikians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zemnikian economy, worth 714 trillion zollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 184,343 zollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, a suspicious number of male students have joined the Ladies' Wrestling League, and stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zemnik's national animal is the turtle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zemnik is ranked 209,524^th in the world and 4,969^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Armed, with 0.25 weapons per person.