The Sancta Imperialis Foederatio of York Zionia is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Gaius Berenson with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 6.888 billion York Zionians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Alkmund. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient York Zionian economy, worth a remarkable 2,374 trillion Kryptoads a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 344,783 Kryptoads, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, bus shelters seem to be designed to let rain in, the nation has learned that pulling out is messy, and crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. York Zionia's national animal is the Kodiak, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Tradition.

York Zionia is ranked 258,562^nd in the world and 307^th in Forest for Lowest Crime Rates, with 49.27 law-abiding acts per hour.