The Republic of Zandjika is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Manzi with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, public floggings, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 14.008 billion Zandjikans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Public Transport are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zanga. The average income tax rate is 13.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zandjikan economy, worth 646 trillion manzibars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,187 manzibars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Manzi has just been declared ruler of Zandjika in an international press conference, Animism and Ancestor Worship has been named as Zandjika's national religion, hunters have been known to lose limbs while attempting to 'play tag' with their prey, and the army lures cannon fodder with promises of a college education. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Zandjika's national animal is the elephant, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Animism and Ancestor Worship.

Zandjika is ranked 155,239^th in the world and 80^th in The World Rearranged for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 63.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.