The Glorious United Empire of Sherizia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Julius III with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.075 billion Sherizians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Porte Drazon. The average income tax rate is 46.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Sherizian economy, worth a remarkable 1,102 trillion Rens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 217,292 Rens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Sherizia has one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, etiquette guides advise visitors to 'grovel gracefully', sex changes are routinely performed at Sherizia's hospitals, and the skeletons of lost tourists litter the ground of the Great Sherizian Desert. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sherizia's national animal is the Golden Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Sherizian Catholicism.

Sherizia is ranked 6,462^nd in the world and 6^th in Eladria for Most Cultured, scoring 139 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.