The Democratic Empire of Zecrond is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Monroe Payne with an even hand, and remarkable for its parental licensing program, unlimited-speed roads, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate population of 5.328 billion Zecrondians 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 Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Deepslate City. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Zecrondian economy, worth 976 trillion Credits 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 183,217 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs, conscripts often volunteer for a second tour of duty so they can get a ticket to next year's Army Revue, and the constant playing of Merry Birthday on Zecrondian radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zecrond's national animal is the Heather Bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Zecrond is ranked 9,100^th in the world and 25^th in United Kingdom for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,925.88 on the Clooney Contribution Index.