The Curial Republic of Zyrcrestia is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 34.82 billion Zyrcrestians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Education, although Administration, Healthcare, and Environment are also considered important, while Defense and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zyrtulai. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zyrcrestian economy, worth a remarkable 9,905 trillion zyrces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an amazing 284,467 zyrces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air, truancy is as easy as clicking a camera icon, souvenir shops that sell alphorns are taking advantage of gullible tourists, and space shuttles are lying silent on the runway till the Space Agency can work out how to fit a creche and a meditation room into their next spacecraft. Crime is totally unknown. Zyrcrestia's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Zyrcrestia is ranked 151,281^st in the world and 184^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 470.44 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.