The People's Republic of Zooistan is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 181 million Zooistanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Zooistanian economy, worth 3.82 trillion floras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 21,131 floras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vitriolic divorce proceedings have become prime-time television, the military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, the delay between passed legislation and real world implementation is often a decade or longer, and saying the word 'eggplant' is now a criminal offense. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zooistan's national animal is the commie crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Zooistan is ranked 111,285^th in the world and 983^rd in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,771.69 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.