The Matriarchal Peoples Republic of Zabaykal is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.771 billion Zabaykalians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 69.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Zabaykalian economy, worth 169 trillion Ducats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is 95,932 Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Zabaykal City University is said to be the modern-day Tower of Babel, new cases of Asbestosis are cropping up as quickly as hospitals can deal with them, science labs across the country languish in cobwebs as the government turns its attentions to spiritual matters, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Zabaykal in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zabaykal's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zabaykal is ranked 178,722^nd in the world and 36^th in Swabia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 63.47 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.