The Truly Terrible Empire of Zurealm is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Zu with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 11.093 billion Zurealmians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Imperial City. The average income tax rate is 19.0%.

The very strong Zurealmian economy, worth 600 trillion zuroes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 54,144 zuroes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The population's jaw muscles put sharks to shame, seafood restaurants assure customers 'If it lives in the sea, it's on our menu', citizens must pay to enjoy Zurealm's pristine beaches, and parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zurealm's national animal is the llama, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Zurealmianism.

Zurealm is ranked 83,270^th in the world and 10^th in Brazen for Most Cultured, scoring 67 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.