The Kingdom of Zoterre is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Brian II with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed population of 3.645 billion Zo are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ametiston. The average income tax rate is 17.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Zoterik economy, worth 240 trillion ducats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,028 ducats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Both criminals and civilians are DOA, it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, trolls insist that strings of racial slurs mean "good morning" in obscure languages, and procrastination is a national sport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zoterre's national animal is the impala, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Somethingism.

Zoterre is ranked 186,795^th in the world and 2^nd in Ruanzeres for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.