The Armed Republic of Shzatchenzovia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, state-planned economy, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, devout population of 438 million Shzatchenvians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 32.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Shzatchenzovian economy, worth 16.6 trillion Kratchs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 37,863 Kratchs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Racial and religious segregation has become rife as the various groups are loath to mingle, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, children get arrested for floating paper boats on lakes, and the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Shzatchenvians any less frightened. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Shzatchenzovia's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Shzatchenzovia is ranked 89,778^th in the world and 853^rd in Europe for Safest, scoring 86.67 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.