The State of Zuidelijk is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.174 billion Zuidelijkians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, although Welfare, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The strong Zuidelijkian economy, worth 623 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Pizza Delivery, and Retail. Average income is 55,816 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 359,742 per year while the poor average 3,498, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Surveillance cameras are banned, the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, Zuidelijk has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Zuidelijk in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Zuidelijk's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Zuidelijk is ranked 288,217^th in the world and 6^th in Europi for Lowest Crime Rates, with 34.89 law-abiding acts per hour.