The Queen's Royal Province of Zero Base is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its compulsory military service and punitive income tax rates. The cynical population of 31.825 billion Zero Baseans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The enormous, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense and Public Transport also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 56.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Zero Basean economy, worth 927 trillion betales a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 29,142 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Elections have been outlawed and retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zero Base's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zero Base is ranked 294,448^th in the world and 1^st in Central Alliance for Smartest Citizens, with 10.61 quips per hour.