The Meritocracy of Zuriath is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Linjin Mai Quanpeng with a fair hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.098 billion Zuriathians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eternal City of Bhan-Kran. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Zuriathian economy, worth a remarkable 1,342 trillion mhons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 102,481 mhons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bad punctuation has come to a full stop, the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament, motivational posters send motorists positive vibes in high-risk areas, and the people elect the Supreme Court justices directly. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zuriath's national animal is the Great Dragon Heojin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Horokonism.

Zuriath is ranked 320,540^th in the world and 2,510^th in the West Pacific for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 20.64 on the Bus Surprisal Index.