The Rogue Nation of ZED-1 is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and ban on automobiles. The cynical, devout population of 601 million ZED-1ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 43.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong ZED-1ian economy, worth 37.1 trillion rubles 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 large, well-organized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, 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 61,745 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, no animal is considered endangered if there's another that looks kind of like it, war memorials have been modified to include hammocks for napping, and Brasilistanis face layers of paperwork in a different language just to visit a doctor. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ZED-1's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

ZED-1 is ranked 206,075^th in the world and 12^th in RegionZ for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 314.89 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.