The Glorious Empire of Zaelith is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Lexi Zaelin with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 12.036 billion Zaelithians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zael. The average income tax rate is 4.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Zaelithian economy, worth a remarkable 3,448 trillion Zils a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 286,507 Zils, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

Jaywalkers are condemned to lives of poverty for their heinous crimes, a surprising number of travelers carry their water in vodka bottles, APCs on school runs disgorge kids via assault ramps, and more citizens have access to Maxtopian Grass than clean drinking water. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zaelith's national animal is the Roadkill, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Zaelinthia.

Zaelith is ranked 2,457^th in the world and 51^st in the South Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 7,989.93 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.