The Unitary State of Zimmerdachen is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Glorious Sun Leader with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, deadly medical pandemics, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 20.429 billion Zimmerdens are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haben. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Zimmerdachian economy, worth a remarkable 7,009 trillion Rauns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 343,093 Rauns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, rich people sell their mansions to pay for endless rows of mobile homes, the blind lead the blind in social welfare, and there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zimmerdachen's national animal is the Frog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zimmerdachen is ranked 29,508^th in the world and 1,586^th in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,677.52 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.