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The Republic of Ziiner is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate population of 314 million Ziinerians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zïmberland. The average income tax rate is 59.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Ziinerian economy, worth 11.7 trillion Atlantic Pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 37,334 Atlantic Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', only adults may purchase violent video games, worried-looking neonatal nurses are being deployed in place of SWAT teams during dangerous drug busts, and male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ziiner's national animal is the Mamoth, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Ziiner is ranked 216,098^th in the world and 881^st in Europe for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 484.2 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.