The Enlightened State of Zidium is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Yahya Yara with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 4.374 billion Zidumites 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zidumica DZ. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Zidiumian economy, worth 307 trillion Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Retail. Average income is 70,389 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, Yahya Yara has declared a weed sticking through a crack in the sidewalk to be the nation's newest green space, all the world's a stage for Zidiumian political theatrics, and human pie shops continue to receive shipments of meat from Spleeny Rodd's. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zidium's national animal is the Hudhud, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Islam.

Zidium is ranked 75,185^th in the world and 3,503^rd in The East Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 49.01 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.