The People's Republic of Ziprotscria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Shimtaenek Atkunsinkar with a fair hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.533 billion Ziprotscrians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katyushankret. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ziprotscrian economy, worth 673 trillion Risenkas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 121,784 Risenkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government now pays the "Really Awesome Super Heroes" (RASH) to catch evildoers, military chiefs are predicting extra funding in this year's budget, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, and the nation is wading into dangerous waters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Ziprotscria's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ziprotscria is ranked 36,983^rd in the world and 1,290^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.02 law-abiding acts per hour.