The Democratic Republic of Zapatapa is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.132 billion Zapatapans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 81.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Zapatapan economy, worth 89.9 trillion Pesos 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 79,375 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Zapatapa City has become the number one destination for urban exploration in The East Pacific, a surprising number of police officers have been arrested for Axolotl sacrifices, digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution, and for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zapatapa's national animal is the Axolotl, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Zapatapa is ranked 7,631^st in the world and 216^th in The East Pacific for Safest, scoring 125.01 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.