The Republic of Z Z Y is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 238 million Z Z Yians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 42.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Z Z Yian economy, worth 10.8 trillion kronor a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 45,385 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

The police double as repo men, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, Z Z Y Barrier Island residents anxiously await their 'Bridge to Somewhere', and truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Z Z Y's national animal is the dolphin, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Z Z Y is ranked 101,854^th in the world and 2^nd in Reichtangle s Farm for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.34 percentage of bribes refused.