The Federal Republic of Zanarkandia is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 625 million Zanarkians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of White Harbor. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Zanarkian economy, worth 64.2 trillion Denarii a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 102,764 Denarii, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 545,632 per year while the poor average 10,225, a ratio of 53.4 to 1.

Large areas of Zanarkandia are not accessible by the public, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, citizens volunteer for tax audits to avoid the 80-page Practical Assessment Survey Tool On Religions, and water fights now end with thousands dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Zanarkandia's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Zanarkandia is ranked 281,687^th in the world and 11,228^th in Lazarus for Most Secular, with 10.08 Atheism Rate.