The Republic of Zyropia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Elara Windshadow with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.591 billion Zyropians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Qolis. The average income tax rate is 63.5%.

The powerhouse Zyropian economy, worth 159 trillion Zyropian Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,133 Zyropian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Aggravated apostrophe abusers are admonished and assaulted, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', tourists often cite 'hiding money in an off-shore banking account' as their main reason to visit the nation, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. 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, and its national religion is Zyropianism.

Zyropia is ranked 316,493^rd in the world and 5,138^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -10.77 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.