The Republic of Zuffix is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, aversion to nipples, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 688 million Zuffixians 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 medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zuffix City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Zuffixian economy, worth 87.9 trillion souroes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 127,786 souroes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 542,214 per year while the poor average 19,425, a ratio of 27.9 to 1.

The government's suicide hotline now redirects callers to local tax lawyers, the best doughnut stores have been taken over by foreign police officers, sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, and a sledgehammer and a spray can are seen as the default tools of political debate. Crime is totally unknown. Zuffix's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zuffix is ranked 10,473^rd in the world and 35^th in The Frontier Sea for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 89,322.71 Standard Monetary Units.