The Federation of Zemyat is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its smutty television, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 3.157 billion Zemyatians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Izev. The average income tax rate is 64.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Zemyatian economy, worth 189 trillion Nezas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 59,898 Nezas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The relatives of suicide victims tend to be angry rather than sad, every microwave and toaster is being disassembled and probed by inspectors, Izev's back alleys are rife with sausage eating, and funeral mourners ridesharing with the deceased are encouraged to sit on the coffin to save room. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zemyat's national animal is the Steller, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zemyat is ranked 40,177^th in the world and 33^rd in Flanelistan for Most Beautiful Environments, with 744.64 pounds of wildlife per square mile.