The Fair World of Zyrox is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Gelgisith with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 37.43 billion Zyroxans 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 large government is primarily concerned with Welfare, with Defense and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Industry and Law & Order are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sheepsong. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.8%.

The large but stagnant Zyroxan economy, worth 413 trillion Brass Rings a year, is extremely specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Book Publishing. Average income is 11,041 Brass Rings, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Patriotic citizens simply tend to applaud rather than sing the nation's praises, the new biography of Gelgisith is subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate the Bomb", glancing at the car radio display while driving is treated as attempted homicide, and the aphorism "there's no need to argue" has been dismissed by Zyroxans. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Zyrox's national animal is the mooselk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Drakonism.

Zyrox is ranked 4,546^th in the world and 7^th in Dragon for Nicest Citizens, with 48.57 average smiles per day.