The Shogunate of -Urzikstan is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, lack of airports, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic population of 772 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 59.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Urzikstani economy, worth 50.2 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 Furniture Restoration. Average income is 64,997 Menats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A shipwreck is everyone's fault but the captain's, Phoenix is one of the most popular forenames in -Urzikstan, the nation's green cities are indeed concrete jungles, and the government has enacted freedom of information. 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 28,368^th in the world and 1,024^th in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 19.56 average smiles per day.