The Light Brigade of The Zurich Cavalry is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 33.202 billion Zurich Cavalrymen are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The all-consuming a Zurich Cavalryman economy, worth a remarkable 3,504 trillion Franks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 105,548 Franks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 631,028 per year while the poor average 8,034, a ratio of 78.5 to 1.

Businesses often fire workers in favour of cheaper automatic systems, guns are banned, only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, and young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. The Zurich Cavalry's national animal is the n00blette, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Zurich Cavalry is ranked 114,598^th in the world and 22^nd in The Respected Realms for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,069.99 on the Gilded Widget Scale.