The Republic of Zendo 99 is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and restrictive gun laws. The quiet, industrious population of 86 million Zendo 99ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 37.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zendo 99ian economy, worth 4.30 trillion zens a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Retail, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,957 zens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The Zendo 99ian Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances, people who tease dwarfs are being cut down to size, many marriages go virtually unconsummated, and public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zendo 99's national animal is the zen, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zendo 99 is ranked 68,511^th in the world and 14^th in Yamagata for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,078.19 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.