The Plutocratic Banana Republic of Zerentopia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by King CEO President Johan Liebert with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, infamous sell-swords, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.376 billion Zerentopias are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Zerentopian economy, worth a remarkable 8,680 trillion Braxes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 499,574 Braxes, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,094,587 per year while the poor average 34,796, a ratio of 88.9 to 1.

People say that smog must be good for you because of its healthy green colour, taking a walk on the wild side is punishable by death, graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Zerentopia's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Money.

Zerentopia is ranked 7,343^rd in the world and 334^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 107.4 law-abiding acts per hour.