The Theocracy of Zugilboric Union is a tiny, orderly nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 18 million Zugilborians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The powerhouse Zugilboric Unionian economy, worth 1.43 trillion Krinns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Gambling. Average income is 79,586 Krinns, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 394,395 per year while the poor average 9,106, a ratio of 43.3 to 1.

Child shoplifters spend half their youth behind bars, police spend their Saturday nights breaking up illegal street races, customs turn away those considered to have an unfavourable ethnicity, and machine gun nests are the latest must-have gardening trend. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zugilboric Union's national animal is the Seal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Zugilboric Union is ranked 101,598^th in the world and 59^th in Fifth Empire for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 33.79 on the Bus Surprisal Index.