The District of Zuerst is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Liard with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 2.714 billion Zuerstians, 2.583 billion of whom are zombies, live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.8%.

The strong Zuerstian economy, worth 449 trillion aurums a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 38,781 aurums, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 249,950 per year while the poor average 2,431, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Liard has just been declared ruler of Zuerst in an international press conference, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, printing out government documents requires the approval of at least three admins, and Liard claims to know what infants are thinking. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zuerst's national animal is the bovina, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Zuerst is ranked 265,992^nd in the world and 1^st in Sachsen for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -6.32 on the Clooney Contribution Index.