The Imperial States of Zuskela is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Sir Bryan the Great with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.402 billion Zuskelans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Azurith. The average income tax rate is 44.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Zuskelan economy, worth 290 trillion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,028 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

The roundel of the Zuskelan Air Force has become an internationally recognized symbol of destruction, elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-Credit mansions, strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins, and pop stars who make it big overseas are hailed as economic heroes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zuskela's national animal is the Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Zuskela is ranked 95,896^th in the world and 44^th in Eladria for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,072.23 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.