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“Oh well, what the hell!!”

The Holy Empire of Zeniz is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Krahs with a fair hand, and notable for its irreverence towards religion. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 9.574 billion are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business 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 Carcharodon. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry.

Referenda are held for every conceivable government action, mining is the nation's most dangerous occupation, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, and movies and computer games are strictly censored for violence. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zeniz's national animal is the Great White Shark, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the zenizty.

Zeniz is ranked 2nd in the region and 598th in the world for Most Godforsaken.