The Socialist Federal Republic of Zepstovia is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 764 million Zepstovians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Valigrad. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Zepstovian economy, worth 68.4 trillion Zepstovian Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 89,511 Zepstovian Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

At least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government, and class clowns are frequently listed among the most dangerous criminals in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zepstovia's national animal is the wildcat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zepstovia is ranked 127,393^rd in the world and 568^th in Europe for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,695.95 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.