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The Matriarchy of Zeekistan is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 828 million 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zeekistan City. The average income tax rate is 52%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Gambling and Book Publishing.

The government is sending thousands of citizens overseas to defend a square mile of land, anti-government web sites are springing up, meat-eating is frowned upon, and members of majority races are forced out of their homes to make way for Bigtopians. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zeekistan's national animal is the Freench Poodle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the mongon.

Zeekistan is ranked 1363rd in the region and 29,456th in the world for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector.