The People's Republic of Ziprotscria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Shimtaenek Atkunsinkar with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.645 billion Ziprotscrians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katyushankret. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ziprotscrian economy, worth 703 trillion Risenkas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 124,581 Risenkas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Biological warfare is used to solve small disagreements, grannies get pulled over for knitting pullovers while driving, the horniness of the great-horned Golden Eagle is considered a national priority, and the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making Ziprotscrians any less frightened. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ziprotscria's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Ziprotscria is ranked 40,074^th in the world and 1,186^th in The North Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,674.65 on the Gilded Widget Scale.