The Constitutional Empire of Zurkerx is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Dmitri Covasku III with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, pith helmet sales, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 16.381 billion Zurks enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Industry and Education also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Moskova. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Zurk economy, worth a remarkable 9,122 trillion Zureas a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Gambling. Average income is a breathtaking 556,915 Zureas, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,801,798 per year while the poor average 29,554, a ratio of 128 to 1.

There's a hole in the heart of every Zurk city, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, 'Mountain Doobie' is widely regarded as the nation's favourite drink, and formerly fertile fields are being leached dry of nutrients by intensive farming. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. Zurkerx's national animal is the Buffalo, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Atheism.

Zurkerx is ranked 157,568^th in the world and 15^th in Zentari for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring -40.74 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.