The Federal Republic of Zingium is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 827 million Zingiumians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.8%.

The all-consuming Zingiumian economy, worth 73.2 trillion Shillings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 88,512 Shillings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 307,876 per year while the poor average 18,544, a ratio of 16.6 to 1.

Military spending is on the increase, Leader's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week, truck drivers turn their engines off and coast whenever they're going downhill, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zingium's national animal is the Masai Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zingium is ranked 98,660^th in the world and 148^th in Commonwealth of Liberty for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,043 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.