The Republic of Zajan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by zijabox with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, devout population of 3.098 billion Zajanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zajan. The average income tax rate is 61.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zajanian economy, worth 423 trillion Najazzes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 136,655 Najazzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's more vermin than ever on the metro, students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, carefully-staged grief is displayed by zijabox after national disasters, and psychiatrists bizarrely accompany zijabox to meetings with foreign heads of state. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zajan's national animal is the Kluz, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zajan is ranked 29,759^th in the world and 362^nd in the West Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83.02 law-abiding acts per hour.