The Socialist Federal Republic of Zevic is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Shiroi Karasu with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.635 billion Zevicians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beretka. The average income tax rate is 93.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zevician economy, worth a remarkable 1,341 trillion reeds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 139,195 reeds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", sweat stains are proof of political acumen, travelers praise airports for their endless beige corridors, and meat-eating is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zevic's national animal is the tsuchinoko, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Church of Yatagarasu.

Zevic is ranked 3,939^th in the world and 186^th in Balder for Most Cultured, scoring 181 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.