The Empire of Panda-Z is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 42.555 billion Panda-Zians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Panda-Zian economy, worth 170 trillion scarves a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 4,007 scarves, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elections have been outlawed, all industry is owned and run by the government, and tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Panda-Z's national animal is the panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Panda-Z is ranked 68,097^th in the world and 1^st in The South Atlantic for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.37 law-abiding acts per hour.