The Federal Republic of Principate of Zion is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Malcom Reynolds with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and smutty television. The quiet, industrious population of 1.254 billion Principate of Zions 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 Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcadia. The average income tax rate is 50.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Principate of Zion economy, worth 85.1 trillion euros a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 67,868 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists are forbidden to enter Native Principate of Zion lands, schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Principate of Zion's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Principate of Zion is ranked 11,317^th in the world and 28^th in Concord for Safest, scoring 119.48 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.