The Republic of Zendo 2 is a small, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and smutty television. The quiet, industrious population of 29 million Zendo 2ians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 36.2%.

The Zendo 2ian economy, worth 1.09 trillion zens a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,453 zens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Policies are debated via video essays and tier lists, the Department of Health is snowed under by requests for crisper ciabatta and tenderer tagliatelle, warning signs caution Zendo 2ians where they may fall off 'the edge of the world', and dentists routinely perform open heart surgery. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zendo 2's national animal is the zen, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zendo 2 is ranked 186,310^th in the world and 64^th in Yamagata for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 212.91 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.