The Free Land of Zondu is a titanic, cultured nation, notable for its parental licensing program, sprawling nuclear power plants, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed population of 18.79 billion Zondii have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zondii economy, worth a remarkable 1,759 trillion drachmas a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 93,641 drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientific journals publish third-graders' school essays, traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zondu's national animal is the black-footed cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zondu is ranked 4,111^th in the world and 236^th in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 9,110.46 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.