The Community of Zage is a tiny, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 7 million Zages are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 58.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Zage economy, worth 117 billion Petels 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, quite specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. 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 16,767 Petels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Euthanasia is legal, the banshee wail foretells skies of death, the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season, and there's a lot of babies crying for milk in the middle of the day. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zage's national animal is the Tanned Tri-headed Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zage is ranked 169,916^th in the world and 10^th in Chordis for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 541.1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.