The Oppressive Fish Government of Zebruski is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Fish Orwell with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 3.941 billion Zebruk's have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Metroquarium. The average income tax rate is 88.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zebruskian economy, worth 631 trillion Doubloons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 160,166 Doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Criminal convictions are routinely thrown out because the accused's grandmother didn't get to testify about their good character, sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days, the tinfoil-hat crowd also recommend tinfoil wallets, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zebruski's national animal is the Sprunkers, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fish cult.

Zebruski is ranked 5,139^th in the world and 4^th in Callista for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 100.27 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.