The ឵឵឵឵ of Island Zero is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Z3 with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 9.005 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 6,686 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 742,577 bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Disability advocates are not amused that they are told to be dependent on Islanders's kindness, cigarettes are dead-cheap, the government is pouring billions into replacement brains, and water fights now end with thousands dead. 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 290,752^nd in the world and 50^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Safest, scoring 3.22 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.