The Incorporated States of Czerka is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 235 million drones 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 medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.5%.

The all-consuming Czerkan economy, worth 18.1 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 77,158 Credits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 413,115 per year while the poor average 7,543, a ratio of 54.8 to 1.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, factory workers offered 20-hour shifts are expected to thank their bosses for the wonderful opportunity, the new one Credit coin also makes a handy throwing-star, and endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Czerka's national animal is the Chupacabra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Czerka is ranked 33,141^st in the world and 766^th in The North Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 61,340.66 Standard Monetary Units.