The Dictatorship of Zertha is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Zerth with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.062 billion Zerthans 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uxbridge. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.6%.

The Zerthan economy, worth 287 trillion Euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,749 Euros, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Maxtopians are both starving and giddy after the Zerthan military unleashed its biological weapons, in musicals everybody's a little bit racist, nobody likes bad boys any more, and wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zertha's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Leader.

Zertha is ranked 176,485^th in the world and 1,308^th in the Rejected Realms for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 130.79 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.