The Republic of Zorpo is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 536 million Zorpers are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business government prioritizes Administration, although Education, Defense, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Environment and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zorpo City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The very strong Zorpoan economy, worth 40.4 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 75,419 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 355,007 per year while the poor average 9,521, a ratio of 37.3 to 1.

Young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zorpo's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Zorpo is ranked 28,707^th in the world and 5^th in Union of Nationalists for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 6,288.69 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.