The Protectorate of Zeraki is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 773 million Zerakians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karakura city. The average income tax rate is 70.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Zerakian economy, worth 55.5 trillion guilders a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,822 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, crime suspects are forced to submit to blood testing, sweat stains are proof of political acumen, and the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zeraki's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Zeraki is ranked 3,909^th in the world and 8^th in Communitas for Least Corrupt Governments, with 95.39 percentage of bribes refused.