The Incorporated States of The Zirid Satrapy is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 4.522 billion Ziridians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 85.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Ziridian economy, worth 214 trillion Shekels a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, extremely specialized black market in Gambling. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 47,543 Shekels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Third party candidates are now gaining some representation in Parliament, murderers frequently escape punishment by claiming they were protecting their honour, a new generation of aquariumless hotels are being built under government supervision, and a vast monorail network carries people all over the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Zirid Satrapy's national animal is the Chimera, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Zirid Satrapy is ranked 52,360^th in the world and 8^th in Libertium for Safest, scoring 102.01 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.