The Shogunate of -Urzikstan is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 897 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 63.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Urzikstani economy, worth 57.2 trillion Menats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 63,732 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 265,437^th in the world and 5,716^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.99 flags saluted per person per day.