The Sexy Spacefaring Shogunate of The Zocalo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Sheridan with an even hand, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 46.553 billion Babylonians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blue Sector. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Zocaloan economy, worth an astonishing 34,734 trillion credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 746,134 credits, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,608,414 per year while the poor average 89,503, a ratio of 40.3 to 1.

There's never enough space in space, owners of man-portable particle accelerator backpacks are advised not to cross the streams, cooking with water and baking soda is considered patent infringement, and children must make a homemade spinach and ricotta rotolo by high school or be held back. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Zocalo's national animal is the Pakmara, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Foundationism.

The Zocalo is ranked 29^th in the world and 2^nd in Babylon 5 for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 55,253.25 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.