The Zoo of Simone Republic is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Simone with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 11.698 billion Simonians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mona. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Simonian economy, worth a remarkable 4,835 trillion Mones a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an amazing 413,359 Mones, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,110,975 per year while the poor average 44,557, a ratio of 47.4 to 1.

Cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, dictionary sales have hit an all-time high, politicians demand do-overs when they don't agree with election outcomes, and fifty years of pension funds can disappear in half a second. Crime is totally unknown. Simone Republic's national animal is the Salmon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is God.

Simone Republic is ranked 1,110^th in the world and 43^rd in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 413,359.93 Standard Monetary Units.