The Armed Republic of Zanzabani is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 36 million Zanzabanians 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 Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 20.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Zanzabanian economy, worth 1.55 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,029 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, and Leader has been nicknamed 'Robomop'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zanzabani's national animal is the Raven, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Zanzabani is ranked 154,535^th in the world and 199^th in Refugia for Largest Soda Pop Sector, scoring 314.1 on the Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating.