The Spires of Zero-Land is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Zero with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, smutty television, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 16.733 billion Zero-Landians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Null Spire. The average income tax rate is 96.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Zero-Landian economy, worth a remarkable 2,627 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 157,018 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There is an abondance of ackawi and zartschmelzend in every Zero-Landian grocery store, those who cut young children are told to cut it out, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and Zero is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zero-Land's national animal is the Bunny, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zero-Land is ranked 226,722^nd in the world and 12,437^th in Osiris for Largest Black Market, with 305 billion Standard Monetary Units.