The Republic of Zhejiang is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Premier Su Jiang with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 8.97 billion Zhejiangians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ningbo. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Zhejiangian economy, worth 205 trillion yuan a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Basket Weaving, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 22,948 yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Premier Su Jiang has just been declared ruler of Zhejiang in an international press conference, Confucianism has been named as Zhejiang's national religion, defense lawyers often argue there's no proof murder victims weren't vampires, and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zhejiang's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Confucianism.

Zhejiang is ranked 320,232^nd in the world and 27^th in China for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 6,081.28 Standard Monetary Units.