The Republic of Zharvekia is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 252 million Zharvekians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.5%.

The strong Zharvekian economy, worth 11.8 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 46,949 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 134,802 per year while the poor average 13,002, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Organ donation rates have hit a new low, meat-eating is frowned upon, military spending recently hit a new high, and euthanasia is legal. Crime is moderate. Zharvekia's national animal is the octopus, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Zharvekia is ranked 230,391^st in the world and 87^th in Cordone for Largest Governments, scoring 9.64 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.