The Empire of Kanzuria is a tiny, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 10 million Kanzurs are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 11.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Kanzur economy, worth 635 billion Kanzurian marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 63,536 Kanzurian marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, CEOs are forced to cut coupons during important conference calls to make ends meet, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, and companies are turning to trained Kanzurian falcons for their most menial jobs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Kanzuria's national animal is the Kanzurian falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Kanzuria is ranked 212,624^th in the world and 225^th in Christians for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.