The Imperial Republic of Zyrcrestia III is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Adolf Stalin Bathory de Robespierre with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 29.389 billion Zyrcrestians III 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 tiny, corrupt, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zyrtulai. The average income tax rate is 2.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zyrcrestian III economy, worth an astonishing 11,762 trillion zyrces a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 400,230 zyrces, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is now proudly cholera-free, hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have, it's believed that women's brains will overheat if they think for themselves, and defense lawyers suggestively note to juries how flagrantly happy victims were. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zyrcrestia III's national animal is the trickster, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Palmarian Catholicism.

Zyrcrestia III is ranked 3,635^th in the world and 32^nd in 10000 Islands for Most Corrupt Governments, with 267.86 kickbacks per hour.