The Most Serene Republic of South Zealande is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Mittens with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 965 million Zealanders love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reodpwnbe. The average income tax rate is 66.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Zealander economy, worth 68.4 trillion SZ Forestions a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 70,834 SZ Forestions, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers, they who do not work shall not eat, and prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Zealande's national animal is the Southern Domestic Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

South Zealande is ranked 12,280^th in the world and 78^th in Forest for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 11,586.6 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.