The Empire of Installation Zeta is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 309 million Installation Zetans 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Installation Zetan economy, worth 5.89 trillion Kitheoplean Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 19,068 Kitheoplean Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews, kids are gathering at the local soda shop to celebrate staying out past sundown, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and pollsters are out of a job as elections have been cancelled. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Installation Zeta's national animal is the Zetan Mothman, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Installation Zeta is ranked 64,421^st in the world and 3^rd in The Black Dahlia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 629.82 pounds of wildlife per square mile.