The Hegemonic Empire of Zaurell is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Nieldun Gildedtongue with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, triple-decker prams, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 22.176 billion Nastrondi-Zaurellians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kuturka. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Zaurellian economy, worth a remarkable 4,895 trillion Arims a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 220,735 Arims, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, prison reforms have replaced communal luaus with communal loos, the monarch frequently needs protecting from misfiring protection, and a massive campaign is underway to ensure the race of Zaurell remains pure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zaurell's national animal is the Dire Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Nastrondi Paganism.

Zaurell is ranked 309,120^th in the world and 12,603^rd in Osiris for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 5.92 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.