The People's Republic of Zapatal is a small, socially progressive nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 23 million Zapatalis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Zapatalian economy, worth 1.06 trillion Veris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Average income is 46,243 Veris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's war memorials are being torn down and replaced with peace gardens, debates on whether toilet seats should be left up or down are increasingly commonplace, extreme political groups are outlawed, and it's often raining men (hallelujah) in Zapatal City. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zapatal's national animal is the Swordfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Zapatal is ranked 155,862^nd in the world and 434^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Developed, scoring 55.15 on the Human Development Index.