The Atredian Enclave of Kurze is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President for Life Robert House with an iron fist, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, vat-grown people, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.17 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 68.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Kurzean economy, worth 446 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 140,762 Kurzean Military Scrips, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Maxxmas is colloquially known as Zombie Day, many believe that the only good Two Headed Bear is a dead Two Headed Bear, citizens are only allowed to view government-approved TV shows, and President for Life Robert House accepted United Federation theatrical awards for Best Writer and Best Actress on behalf of the absent recipients. 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 160,957^th in the world and 7,099^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.06 law-abiding acts per hour.