The Republic of Zakhoren is a titanic, orderly nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, public floggings, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.827 billion Zakhorenians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zakhoren City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Zakhorenian economy, worth a remarkable 1,584 trillion Koronas a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 146,324 Koronas, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's peacekeeping efforts usually come with a healthy dose of pillaging, ants are charged with crimes against humanity, billions are being spent towards constructing the "Great Barrier Reef of Zakhoren", and toxic smog is dismissed as the populace just "letting off steam". Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zakhoren's national animal is the Wasp, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zakhoren is ranked 57,916^th in the world and 11^th in Sonnel for Largest Populations, with 10.8 billion capita.