The Unitary State of Zimmerdachen is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Glorious Sun Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 20.579 billion Zimmerdens are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Haben. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Zimmerdachian economy, worth a remarkable 7,190 trillion Rauns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 349,431 Rauns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

A signed affidavit from a prominent anti-corruption advocate declares that he is in fact a crook after all, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, burgers often list "miscellaneous meats" in their ingredients, and academics have a bone to pick with free market entrepreneurs. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zimmerdachen's national animal is the Frog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zimmerdachen is ranked 507^th in the world and 28^th in Lazarus for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 115 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.