Location: Union of Free Nations

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The People's Democracy of Zebulor is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by a secretive cabal of demagogues with an even hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 11.954 billion are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Crimson Citadel. The average income tax rate is 85%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

The space program has been scrapped in order to focus on more terrestrial pursuits, prison visits increase substantially during election years, urban high-volume mailers now receive their mail via chauffeur-driven limousines, and wealthy parents-to-be can select their perfect baby. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zebulor's national animal is the mindworm, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Zebulorian Forint.

Zebulor is ranked 2nd in Union of Free Nations and 4,234th in the world for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 8 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and