The Empire of Zacapatan is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 23 million Kittens enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Education. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Zacapatanian economy, worth 531 billion Kibbles 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 23,108 Kibbles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Society has literally been thrown to the wolves, sick Kittens are hair today and gone tomorrow, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and university admissions staff are blindfolded to prevent accidental bias. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zacapatan's national animal is the hyalopterous lemure, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zacapatan is ranked 305,079^th in the world and 4,248^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.