The Queen's State of Zymurgy Gemini is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 30.236 billion Zymurgy Geminians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, outspoken individuals keep a keen eye out for any attempt to organize such a thing, and ruthlessly crush it. Income tax is unheard of.

The very strong Zymurgy Geminian economy, worth a remarkable 1,189 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 39,349 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Zymurgy Gemini's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Zymurgy Gemini is ranked 267,700^th in the world and 1^st in Trade Port for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -7.07 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.