The Confederacy of Zyvetskistaahn is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Council of Executors with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 25.364 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 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 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zyveten economy, worth a remarkable 2,031 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. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,089 Zyvetenmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration, commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, and political hopefuls must announce their intentions decades in advance to accommodate extensive background checks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded 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 281,973^rd in the world and 6,175^th in The North Pacific for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -11.38 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.