The Republic of Zyropia is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 79 million Zyropians 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 Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 34.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zyropian economy, worth 4.34 trillion Zyropian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,929 Zyropian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state, moonshine has made a resurgence, babies are a small but significant export, and teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zyropia's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zyropia is ranked 158,829^th in the world and 3,428^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 294.08 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.