The Snekdom of Zherid is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Snekula with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 11.586 billion Zheridians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Zheridian economy, worth a remarkable 3,729 trillion Balzhes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 321,899 Balzhes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 989,359 per year while the poor average 80,964, a ratio of 12.2 to 1.

Religious citizens are closely monitored for signs of self-harm, exported livestock are wined and dined before they are flat ironed, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, and space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down. Crime is totally unknown. Zherid's national animal is the snek, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Serpentic Buddhism.

Zherid is ranked 52,711^th in the world and 1^st in The Lunch Table for Largest Populations, with 11.6 billion capita.