The ZZZ of ZZZ is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its public floggings, enslaved workforce, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.976 billion ZZZians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 56.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient ZZZian economy, worth a remarkable 1,172 trillion Golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 97,928 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, retired racing Elephants are served truffles for breakfast, and Elephants that venture near secret military bases are routinely executed for espionage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. ZZZ's national animal is the Elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

ZZZ is ranked 167,690^th in the world and 5,482^nd in Balder for Most Primitive, scoring -63.82 on the Scary Big Number Scale.