The Federation of Zadea is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, lack of airports, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 192 million Zadeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Zadean economy, worth 9.76 trillion Pips a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,827 Pips, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government seeks peaceful forum with terrorists, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, Zadea's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, and solid-gold toilets are Zadean prisons' least expensive furnishings. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zadea's national animal is the Squid, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Zadea is ranked 40,852^nd in the world and 38^th in Libertarian Socialist Confederation for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,595.61 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.