The Federated Socialist States of Zitherstadt is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ulrich Miklastiir with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 4.297 billion Zitherstadtans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Heidelschenia. The average income tax rate is 79.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zitherstadtic economy, worth 444 trillion Ergas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 103,394 Ergas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The decommissioned tank divisions of other nations are being bought up en masse by Zitherstadt, the fastest growing demographic of porn viewership is twelve to seventeen, strange lights seen in the sky are officially regarded as weather balloons or hoaxes and nothing else, and tourists visiting the nation are harangued for being capitalist pig-dogs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zitherstadt's national animal is the Pheonix, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is none.

Zitherstadt is ranked 17,778^th in the world and 313^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 299.29 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.