The Snekdom of Zherid is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Snekula with a fair hand, and renowned for its digital currency, punitive income tax rates, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 11.648 billion Zheridians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Zheridian economy, worth a remarkable 3,749 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 321,939 Balzhes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 968,715 per year while the poor average 83,465, a ratio of 11.6 to 1.

Hipster cyclists declare that "metal is dead", territories have the right to secede if they aren't happy, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, and employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams. 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 59,079^th in the world and 2^nd in The Lunch Table for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 3,347.23 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.