The Atredian Enclave of Kurze is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President for Life Robert House with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 3.321 billion Kurzeans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry, Administration, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Raven Rock. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 67.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Kurzean economy, worth 480 trillion Kurzean Military Scrips a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 144,795 Kurzean Military Scrips, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

Cubicles often double as graves as citizens literally work themselves to death, bars are packed at all hours, the homeless more often beg for mercy than money, and the government expresses surprisingly intense opinions on the use of whip pans. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kurze's national animal is the Two Headed Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Kurze is ranked 279,335^th in the world and 10,244^th in Osiris for Safest, scoring 5.36 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.