The People's Republic of Zaeli is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by General Secretary Millie Parsons with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The compassionate population of 8.695 billion Zaelians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Xerum. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Zaelian economy, worth a remarkable 1,332 trillion Zaelian Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 153,305 Zaelian Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake, school teachers check the staff room for hidden webcams before complaining about rebellious students, government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, and real power lies not in the debating room but with those who decide what is debated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zaeli's national animal is the Rusty-spotted cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Zaeli is ranked 27,577^th in the world and 222^nd in The Leftist Assembly for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 971.83 on the Clooney Contribution Index.