The Empire of Zong z Zongs is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 375 million Zong z Zongsians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 43.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Zong z Zongsian economy, worth 3.55 trillion Zongs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,472 Zongs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zong z Zongs's national animal is the zong.

Zong z Zongs is ranked 173,886^th in the world and 4^th in Zongs Zong Zongs for Largest Governments, scoring 11.87 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.