The Federation of Zko is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 36 million Zkoans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 55.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Zkoan economy, worth 1.30 trillion brans 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 36,153 brans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies, the military has forsaken terrestrial warfare, carbon-footprint restrictions are making businesses walk, and elderly tribespeople die in bed surrounded by loved ones and linguists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zko's national animal is the platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Zko is ranked 213,298^th in the world and 82^nd in The Black Hawks for Fattest Citizens, with 9.02 Obesity Rate.