The Precious Gemnation of Lhurzcuuase is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Melania Darklight with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.735 billion Lhurzcuuaseans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Turquoizia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Lhurzcuuasean economy, worth a remarkable 1,904 trillion Turquoises a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 282,728 Turquoises, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government puts forth the claim that harming young girls is wrong, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, doctors ask for written consent before making eye contact with patients, and children must be board certified to append "Jr" to their name. Crime is totally unknown. Lhurzcuuase's national animal is the Linx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cult of Books.

Lhurzcuuase is ranked 145,482^nd in the world and 10^th in Jeinnhezslhaunia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 361.54 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.