The People's Republic of Zulankan Outpost 72 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 5.905 billion Zulankans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 70.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Zulankan economy, worth 64.7 trillion labor certificates a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 10,959 labor certificates, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zulankan Outpost 72's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zulankan Outpost 72 is ranked 198,246^th in the world and 22^nd in Warsaw Military Treaty Organization for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 41.95 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.