The Most Serene Republic of Zimblo is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its public floggings, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 182 million Zimbloans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 67.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Zimbloan economy, worth 5.12 trillion zimbles a year, is dominated by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,125 zimbles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenage TV characters are played by thirty-year-olds by the end of the second season, unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, diminutive Zimbloan generals are feared for their aggressiveness, and organ donation rates have hit a new low. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zimblo's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zimblo is ranked 138,043^rd in the world and 968^th in Europe for Highest Food Quality, scoring 16.9 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.