The Grand Duchy of Zvidden is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, cynical population of 1.056 billion Zviddenians 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 relatively small, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.3%.

The strong Zviddenian economy, worth 54.6 trillion rubles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 51,678 rubles, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 275,699 per year while the poor average 5,090, a ratio of 54.2 to 1.

Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Zvidden's national animal is the eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Zvidden is ranked 201,974^th in the world and 1^st in landquart for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.