The Plutocratic Banana Republic of Zerentopia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by King CEO President Johan Liebert with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, infamous sell-swords, and complete lack of public education. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.179 billion Zerentopians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Zerentopian economy, worth a remarkable 4,134 trillion Braxes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 450,483 Braxes, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,965,439 per year while the poor average 7,470, a ratio of 530 to 1.

Hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason, euthanasia is illegal, and crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track. 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. Zerentopia's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Money.

Zerentopia is ranked 209,311^th in the world and 5,334^th in the Rejected Realms for Least Corrupt Governments, with 0.81 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.