The Holy Federation of York Zionia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gaius Berenson with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 3.018 billion York Zionians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Zuidas. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.9%.

The frighteningly efficient York Zionian economy, worth 836 trillion Kryptoads a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 277,145 Kryptoads, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,139,818 per year while the poor average 44,429, a ratio of 25.7 to 1.

A shocking number of estate planners are beneficiaries of their clients' wills, truancy officers have a hard time catching children trained in advanced camouflage skills, members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods, and Gaius Berenson's new android secretary is the latest media darling. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. York Zionia's national animal is the Kodiak, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Tradition.

York Zionia is ranked 4,070^th in the world and 39^th in Forest for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 19,476.34 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.