The United Zones of Az Merchaz is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Robert F Kennedy Jr with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, devout population of 804 million Az Merchazians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ville de Merchaz. The average income tax rate is 75.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Az Merchazian economy, worth 60.0 trillion Merchaz Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,644 Merchaz Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Only lightning has a chance of striking Robert F Kennedy Jr twice, school cafeterias serve nothing but protein powder and vitamin supplements, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, and citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Az Merchaz's national animal is the Merchazian Falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Az Merchaz is ranked 288,278^th in the world and 1,280^th in Europeia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -18.13 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.