The Republic of Z X is a very large, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 242 million Z Xians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Z Xian economy, worth 4.97 trillion Cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 20,556 Cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, the people are famous throughout the region for their perfect yellow teeth, the government is reining in public spending, and the roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Z X's national animal is the Card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Z X is ranked 55,427^th in the world and 5^th in Fish Storage for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.73 percentage of bribes refused.