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The ឵឵឵឵ of Island Zero is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Z3 with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 10.49 billion Islanders enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Furnace. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeron economy, worth a remarkable 8,375 trillion bits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Soda Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 798,470 bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The The Furnace Film Festival recently voted 'Islander Getting Hit By Football' as best film, nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, Bambi has been banned, and animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs. Crime is totally unknown. Island Zero's national animal is the tardigrade, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Island Zero is ranked 2,464^th in the world and 8^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 12,622.23 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.