The Republic of Zapokin is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed population of 204 million Zapokinians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 34.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Zapokinian economy, worth 13.8 trillion Toastarian Bolivars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,659 Toastarian Bolivars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed, a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction, and back-alley circumcision clinics are popping up all over the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zapokin's national animal is the Harp Seal, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Zapokin is ranked 289,329^th in the world and 47^th in The Toastic Assembly for Largest Populations, with 204 million capita.