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The United States of Zig Solen is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 1.435 billion Zig Solenians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Environment and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 28.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zig Solenian economy, worth 183 trillion Baht 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, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 an impressive 127,968 Baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voters who forget their name are given a hint, people who have lived their entire lives in Zig Solen are shocked to discover that they are not citizens, politicians are fired for opening subjective statements with "I believe", and farting etiquette is taught in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Zig Solen's national animal is the Cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zig Solen is ranked 319,105^th in the world and 452^nd in Bozarkia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -21.68 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.