The Armed Forces of Zulankan Outpost 145 is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 17.53 billion Zulankans 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 large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Zulankan economy, worth 319 trillion labor certificates 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 Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. 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 18,249 labor certificates, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zulankan Outpost 145's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zulankan Outpost 145 is ranked 164,963^rd in the world and 2^nd in South Bavaria for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 661.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.