The Republic of Zaelion is a massive, safe nation, notable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.402 billion Zaelionians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 50.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Zaelionian economy, worth 86.1 trillion Hypercoins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 61,430 Hypercoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gardeners must genetically test weeds for unique traits before digging them up, blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, not even good behaviour will get transgender inmates any special perks, and school children are expected to know the names of all seven hundred native tribes and their cultural practices. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zaelion's national animal is the Zaelion Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Zaelion is ranked 257,969^th in the world and 9,883^rd in Osiris for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -38.91 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.