The Republic of Zulerna is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Brian with a fair hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.25 billion Zulernans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Santo. The average income tax rate is 34.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Zulernan economy, worth 72.1 trillion Zulanian dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 57,641 Zulanian dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Industry tycoons rarely hide their misdeeds due to the government's habit of bailing them out, nudity is frowned upon, CEOs are forced to cut coupons during important conference calls to make ends meet, and court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zulerna's national animal is the parrot, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Zulerna is ranked 59,442^nd in the world and 1,784^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.