The United Socialist States of Zuthyra is a large, safe nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 62 million Zuthyrans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Zuthyran economy, worth 1.73 trillion Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 27,831 Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Colonial subjects have Zuthyran culture shoved down their throats, victims of crime are viewed as less trustworthy than politicians, children have taken to using semaphore in light of the recent mobile phone ban, and it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zuthyra's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zuthyra is ranked 298,905^th in the world and 5,576^th in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 6,818.64 Standard Monetary Units.