The United Republic of Zeritae is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Minare Johanson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, prohibition of alcohol, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.852 billion Zeritans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Renaek. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeritan economy, worth a remarkable 1,981 trillion Derndis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 133,434 Derndis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into Zeritae, soldiers are now trained how to make sandwiches properly, the nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and voting is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zeritae's national animal is the Harakell, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zeritae is ranked 2,268^th in the world and 1^st in Nitrepza for Most Beautiful Environments, with 3,451.59 pounds of wildlife per square mile.