The Republic of Zaribia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Andrea Vecchietti with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 33.474 billion Zaribians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Verona. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.2%.

The Zaribian economy, worth a remarkable 4,708 trillion Euros a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 140,675 Euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 421,395 per year while the poor average 36,704, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

The full title of Hon Andrea Vecchietti Vcte Mgve MF RZLM GCZE runs to several pages, government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications, rumor has it that Andrea Vecchietti has won three lotteries in a row, and populations of two-headed Jaguars have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zaribia's national animal is the Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Personal worship of Andrea Vecchietti.

Zaribia is ranked 327,998^th in the world and 6^th in VCG for Nicest Citizens, with 0.23 average smiles per day.