The Meritocracy of Zuriath is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Linjin Mai Quanpeng with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 12.694 billion Zuriathians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eternal City of Bhan-Kran. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Zuriathian economy, worth a remarkable 1,256 trillion mhons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 99,004 mhons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, the derisively named "Morlocks of Moria" futilely demand time in the sun, bad punctuation has come to a full stop, and the nation is committed to nuclear rearmament. Crime is totally unknown. Zuriath's national animal is the Great Dragon Heojin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Horokonism.

Zuriath is ranked 37,433^rd in the world and 402^nd in the West Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 836.7 on the Clooney Contribution Index.