The Disputed Territories of Northwest Zedonia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Zed Zhadiart with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-working population of 1.265 billion Northwest Zedonians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zylvania. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Northwest Zedonian economy, worth 102 trillion Denarii a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 80,872 Denarii, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, when electric cars arrived nobody heard them coming, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, and whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Northwest Zedonian Embarrassments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Northwest Zedonia's national animal is the Leopard Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Northwest Zedonia is ranked 108,500^th in the world and 2,859^th in The North Pacific for Highest Economic Output, with 102 trillion Standard Monetary Units.