The Free Union of Zeklandia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Zeklandia the Great with an even hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, rampant corporate plagiarism, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.732 billion Zeklandren are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seklanden. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeklandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,604 trillion National Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Information Technology industry. Average income is an impressive 165,548 National Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People are more interested in gossip about the private lives of politicians than their policies, military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, a new "thought police" branch is being developed, and diplomats are always trying to convince other nations to adopt l33t speak. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zeklandia's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Zeklandia is ranked 899^th in the world and 18^th in 10000 Islands for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 25,338.05 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.