The Union of Socialist Republics of Thezarkster is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by General Secretary Emmerich Schimdt with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 905 million Thezarkians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vexhatolis. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thezarksterian economy, worth 104 trillion Thezarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 115,083 Thezarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Search-and-rescue organisations are the biggest employer in the country, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, all you have to do is pray to get into Thezarkster, and the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thezarkster's national animal is the Thezarkian Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Thezarkster is ranked 11,364^th in the world and 307^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 2,974.3 on the Societal Mobility Rating.