The Free Land of Zankou is a huge, pleasant nation, remarkable for its burgeoning dove population. The hard-working population of 770 million Zankouans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 10.0%.

The Zankouan economy, worth 41.9 trillion birdsongs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 54,408 birdsongs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low. Zankou's national animal is the dove, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Zankou is ranked 270,091^st in the world and 695^th in Perseverance for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -10 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.