The Empire of Zhouxa is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 84 million Zhouxans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Public Transport are also considered important, while International Aid and Welfare aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 19.7%.

The Zhouxan economy, worth 3.66 trillion Lounxes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 43,544 Lounxes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

An increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, explosive diarrhoea is not just a colorful phrase, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime is moderate. Zhouxa's national animal is the Yini Panda, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zhouxa is ranked 174,299^th in the world and 513^th in Concord for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 377.59 on the Gilded Widget Scale.