The Principality of Zabi is a large, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The cynical population of 199 million Zabians 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 large, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 37.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zabian economy, worth 7.60 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,178 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zabi's national animal is the tiger.

Zabi is ranked 294,096^th in the world and 24^th in The Reich for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -41.83 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.