The Buruzagitzak of Kerlodia is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by The Buruzagi Nagusia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, rampant corporate plagiarism, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 8.685 billion Kalaskaldunak are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uharteak. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Kalaskara economy, worth a remarkable 1,223 trillion Kometas a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 140,855 Kometas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police ransack more houses than criminals do, "The Buruzagi Nagusia got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, only those who apply can study applied maths, and if someone says there's plenty of living space in Kerlodia they're lyin'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kerlodia's national animal is the Patesian Forest Gecko, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Eliza Handia.

Kerlodia is ranked 2,248^th in the world and 105^th in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 67.83 average smiles per day.