The Republic of Zendo 68 is a small, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-working population of 29 million Zendo 68ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.9%.

The strong Zendo 68ian economy, worth 1.34 trillion zens a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 46,252 zens, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 204,241 per year while the poor average 6,558, a ratio of 31.1 to 1.

Some say that Leader can't handle the truth but can handle truth-seekers, immigrant Maxtopians are routinely sold on popular internet auction sites, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on Zendo 68ian roads, and hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zendo 68's national animal is the zen, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zendo 68 is ranked 185,063^rd in the world and 63^rd in Yamagata for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 244.31 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.