The United Socialist States of Zorvetsk is a fledgling, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 6 million Zorvetskians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 54.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The developing Zorvetskian economy, worth 199 billion Rubles 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 Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is 33,246 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, citizens have never heard foreign radio, and national foreign policy involves significant amounts of hand wringing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zorvetsk's national animal is the Brown Bear.

Zorvetsk is ranked 278,755^th in the world and 556^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Developed, scoring 49.8 on the Human Development Index.