The Democratic Republic of of East Amen Zamend is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Julian Salisbury with an iron fist, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.692 billion East Amen Zamendians 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anitree. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Amen Zamendian economy, worth a remarkable 1,119 trillion Pesos 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, Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. 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 amazing 238,620 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bigtopian relations have become a minefield, home renovation projects take decades to complete, the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause, and 4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Amen Zamend's national animal is the Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Secular.

East Amen Zamend is ranked 9,263^rd in the world and 30^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,926.11 on the Gilded Widget Scale.