The Incorporated States of Czerka is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, vat-grown people, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 267 million drones are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.2%.

The all-consuming Czerkan economy, worth 20.7 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 77,532 Credits, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 416,621 per year while the poor average 7,521, a ratio of 55.4 to 1.

Bins outnumber trees in city parks, factory workers offered 20-hour shifts are expected to thank their bosses for the wonderful opportunity, the new one Credit coin also makes a handy throwing-star, and endocrinology is a rapidly growing field of study. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Czerka's national animal is the Chupacabra, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Czerka is ranked 256,744^th in the world and 4,708^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -4.69 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.