The Republic of Quarantine Zone is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Yamame Erin and Okuu with an iron fist, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 7.338 billion Quarantine Zoneans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Chernobyl. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.3%.

The thriving Quarantine Zonean economy, worth 532 trillion bitcoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 72,573 bitcoins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 302,501 per year while the poor average 11,373, a ratio of 26.6 to 1.

All gamers have been drafted into the military despite their lack of upper body strength, wealthy students ride to school past mendicant dropouts, politicians are often seen attending regional history classes at primary schools within their constituencies, and Yamame Erin and Okuu has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quarantine Zone's national animal is the kiwi, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Quarantine Zone is ranked 130,239^th in the world and 17^th in Quarantine Zone for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 80.62 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.