The State of Ezekias is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 24.07 billion Ezekiasians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Healthcare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Ezekiasian economy, worth 567 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 23,593 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ezekias's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ezekias is ranked 157,408^th in the world and 4^th in Asmara for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.38 law-abiding acts per hour.