The Most Serene Republic of Zheng Fa is a very large, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 175 million Zheng Fans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.1%.

The all-consuming Zheng Fan economy, worth 19.2 trillion Fan Yuan a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 109,707 Fan Yuan, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 540,990 per year while the poor average 12,674, a ratio of 42.7 to 1.

Convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing, most Zheng Fan video games are banned in other countries, applications to enter seminaries spike right before the obligatory fasts, and government police forces protect public schools from the threat of protest. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Zheng Fa's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Zheng Fa is ranked 83,158^th in the world and 1,711^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,524.72 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.