The Most Serene Republic of Zurras is a very large, cultured nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 110 million Zurrasians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Zurrasian economy, worth 3.89 trillion credits 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 significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 35,362 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation sends criminals home to think about what they did, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, pre-takeoff checks last longer than the flights themselves, and captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zurras's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zurras is ranked 130,549^th in the world and 203^rd in The Communist Bloc for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,436.05 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.