The Supreme World Empire of Zaphorhiziya is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Lord Ciaran Merlin with an iron fist, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, suspicion of poets, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.283 billion Zaphorhiziyans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vladiovostok. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Zaphorhiziyan economy, worth 221 trillion Zaphorhiziums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 172,663 Zaphorhiziums, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,391,711 per year while the poor average 4,867, a ratio of 285 to 1.

Blind dates tend to result in bruised shins, record sales of 'child-whacking sticks' have been reported, dream holidays often go awry, and veterans' meet-ups involve a lot of tail sniffing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zaphorhiziya's national animal is the King Cobra, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Hinduism.

Zaphorhiziya is ranked 102,687^th in the world and 157^th in United Democratic Nations for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 3,005.65 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.