The Mages of Jerza is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Makarov with an iron fist, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, zero percent divorce rate, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 12.9 billion Jerzans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fiore. The average income tax rate is 81.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Jerzan economy, worth a remarkable 2,490 trillion jewels a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 193,074 jewels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Teens are voting on which C-List pop star will be next to be evicted from the opera house, a Temporary Home Tourist Association survey has rated Jerza #1 for number twos, nose plugs are the latest Jerzan fashion accessory, and a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Jerza's national animal is the fairy, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.

Jerza is ranked 25,696^th in the world and 10^th in Temporary Home for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,905.79 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.