The Republic of Zyropia is a large, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 86 million Zyropians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 34.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Zyropian economy, worth 4.75 trillion Zyropian Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 55,280 Zyropian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, the government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, there are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees her shadow, and sports club owners are having a moneyball. 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.

Zyropia is ranked 47,650^th in the world and 1,496^th in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 698.68 pounds of wildlife per square mile.