The Republic of Subject Zero is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Jack with an even hand, and notable for its daily referendums, digital currency, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, devout population of 7.919 billion Subject Zeroans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grissom Academy. The average income tax rate is 33.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Subject Zeroan economy, worth 907 trillion Citadel Credits 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 a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 114,587 Citadel Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Subject Zeroans celebrate by killing the fatted tofu turkey, hymns sung by popular choirs top the billboard charts, phone taps are frequently carried out by the police, and some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Subject Zero's national animal is the Cerberus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Bioticism.

Subject Zero is ranked 92,572^nd in the world and 105^th in Shadow Realms for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,025.13 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.