The Free Land of New Zankers is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, enforced nudity, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 532 million New Zankersians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Viper. The average income tax rate is 35.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong New Zankersian economy, worth 31.0 trillion fleshes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,354 fleshes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

New Zankers has designated New Viper as its capital city, prisons are filled with the cackles and sobs of a deranged inmate population, it's a long jump to get onto the housing ladder, and seats at the back of the bus are reserved for homosexuals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. New Zankers's national animal is the Lawyers, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Zankers is ranked 8,074^th in the world and 14^th in Spiritus for Most Armed, with 10.05 Weapons Per Person.