The State of Cryzecia is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Zero with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The devout population of 11.068 billion Cryzecians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Amin. The average income tax rate is 33.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Cryzecian economy, worth 323 trillion Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,262 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids looking for shark teeth have become ancient history, the government advises foreign diplomats to speak softly and carry a big bag of cash, candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals, and all the playground's a stage for Cryzecian schoolchildren. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cryzecia's national animal is the Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Cryzecia is ranked 64,885^th in the world and 1^st in The Authority for Nicest Citizens, with 16.29 average smiles per day.