The Shogunate of -Urzikstan is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 793 million Urzikstanis 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, socially-minded government is primarily concerned with Education, although Welfare, Environment, and Social Policy are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zaravan. The average income tax rate is 59.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Urzikstani economy, worth 51.6 trillion Menats 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 65,104 Menats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Phoenix is one of the most popular forenames in -Urzikstan, the nation's green cities are indeed concrete jungles, the government has enacted freedom of information, and there's a bright dawn ahead for -Urzikstan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Urzikstan's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

-Urzikstan is ranked 34,467^th in the world and 1,226^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 78 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.