Location: California

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Holy Empire of Zeniz is a gargantuan, economically powerful nation, ruled by Krahs with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 14.362 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.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded individuals juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. 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 led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Tourism.

Crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, politicians are to be found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, violently opinionated speakers can be heard preaching their hateful views on every street corner, and only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens. Crime 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 1st in California and 456th in the world for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 14 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and