The Republic of Zupla is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by President Leon with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.902 billion Zuplans 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pax. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Zuplan economy, worth a remarkable 3,194 trillion Zuplan Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 214,393 Zuplan Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, recreational drug businesses are regularly pruned if they grow above the maximum legal size, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, and dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws. Crime is totally unknown. Zupla's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zupla is ranked 9,477^th in the world and 10^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Average Incomes, with 214,393.96 Standard Monetary Units.