The No Fun of Zen Arcade is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lucky Bleeders with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 27.931 billion Zen Arcadeans 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Zen Arcadean economy, worth 182 trillion Dus a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 6,546 Dus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Husker is one of the most popular forenames in Zen Arcade, the government pours millions of Dus into rehabilitation programs annually, strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, and even the most lowly council pen-pusher has the same political power as a senior minister. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zen Arcade's national animal is the Husker, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zen Arcade is ranked 40,954^th in the world and 1^st in Das Reich for Highest Drug Use, scoring 300.89 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.