The Confederacy of Zyvetskistaahn is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Council of Executors with an even hand, and notable for its national health service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 29.996 billion Zyvetens enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zyveta. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Zyveten economy, worth a remarkable 2,515 trillion Zyvetenmarks a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 83,856 Zyvetenmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A passport is literally priceless, flipping a coin to make a decision leads to a referral to Gambling Addiction Services, statues of famous citizens are erected or demolished on a purely partisan basis, and Occam's razor has sliced to pieces any childhood belief in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zyvetskistaahn's national animal is the Liffen forest rat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Zyveten Orthodoxy.

Zyvetskistaahn is ranked 9,919^th in the world and 386^th in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 30.58 average smiles per day.