The United Republic of Zeritae is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Minare Johanson with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory vegetarianism. The compassionate, democratic population of 19.947 billion Zeritans 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 enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Renaek. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeritan economy, worth a remarkable 3,008 trillion Derndis a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 150,818 Derndis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is hounded to provide tissues whenever the feelings of the Dàguó people are hurt, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles', and ride-sharing often involves some passengers sitting on the roof rack. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zeritae's national animal is the Harakell, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zeritae is ranked 10,614^th in the world and 1^st in Nitrepza for Most Cultured, scoring 111 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.