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The Federal Republic of Z opt is a titanic, orderly nation, notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.034 billion Lastians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Administration, with Healthcare, Industry, and Welfare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Omega Z. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Lastian economy, worth a remarkable 1,411 trillion Dacs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Retail, Gambling, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 82,864 Dacs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol, the government's approval ratings go down while its turnover rate goes up, all guns must be registered, and young schoolchildren pledge allegiance to One Nation Under Bum Indivisible By Poo. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Z opt's national animal is the Zorse, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Z opt is ranked 41,681^st in the world and 6^th in Devia for Highest Poor Incomes, with 62,296.95 Standard Monetary Units.