The Snekdom of Zherid is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Snekula with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 11.643 billion Zheridians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Zheridian economy, worth a remarkable 3,750 trillion Balzhes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 322,098 Balzhes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 969,194 per year while the poor average 83,507, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

Maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, and the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields. Crime is totally unknown. Zherid's national animal is the snek, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Serpentic Buddhism.

Zherid is ranked 6,328^th in the world and 2^nd in The Lunch Table for Safest, scoring 125.32 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.