The State of Ziter is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Alexander Zimmerman with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.53 billion Ziterians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zite. The average income tax rate is 41.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ziterian economy, worth 301 trillion Eitoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,335 Eitoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains, both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade, turning eighteen is often referred to as the 'Age of Aquarius', and programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ziter's national animal is the Bluebird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnostic.

Ziter is ranked 58,868^th in the world and 225^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 160.1 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.