The ឵឵឵឵ of Island Zero is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Z3 with a fair hand, and renowned for its flagrant waste-dumping, pith helmet sales, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 8.915 billion Islanders hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Furnace. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeron economy, worth a remarkable 6,552 trillion bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. 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 a breathtaking 735,036 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The police crack down on tax evaders without mercy, game show contestants scramble to fish trash out of the South Tardigrade Sea, conspiracy nuts claim that the government is trying to bring about an end to civilisation, and a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing. Crime is totally unknown. Island Zero's national animal is the tardigrade, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Island Zero is ranked 9,235^th in the world and 24^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Lowest Crime Rates, with 102.53 law-abiding acts per hour.