The Technocratic Federation of Zarulia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Chief Executive of Federal Affairs with an even hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, irreverence towards religion, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed population of 3.641 billion Zarulians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Quantico. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zarulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,043 trillion Qrystals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 286,575 Qrystals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, and sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Zarulia's national animal is the Rabbit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zarulia is ranked 189,008^th in the world and 704^th in Europe for Greatest Rich-Poor Divides, with 2.16 Rich To Poor Income Ratio.