The Socialist Federal Republic of Zevvelbourg is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Svogenn B Kassle with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.985 billion Zevvelbourgers 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 medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zevvelich. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zevvelbourgish economy, worth 611 trillion Bitts 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 an impressive 122,701 Bitts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cloud nine refers to the top floor of skyscrapers, Zevvelbourg recently hosted the least successful trade negotiations since The Phantom Menace, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, and cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units. Crime is totally unknown. Zevvelbourg's national animal is the Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is The Holy Church of The Sphere.

Zevvelbourg is ranked 269,425^th in the world and 174^th in The Kodiak Republic for Safest, scoring 20.01 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.