The Holy Republic of Zanmi is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Torchfull Tyne with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.411 billion Zanmians 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, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nafti. The average income tax rate is 57.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Zanmian economy, worth 233 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,686 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, religious education is a new government priority, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, and Torchfull Tyne can often be found attempting to coax random citizens' cats down from trees. Crime is totally unknown. Zanmi's national animal is the Quartz Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Zanmi is ranked 319,229^th in the world and 19^th in The Graveyard for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.58 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.