The Hippy State of Zerophix is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 38.293 billion Zerophixians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Social Policy. The income tax rate is 100%.

The large but stagnant Zerophixian economy, worth 695 trillion Shiny Beads a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 18,172 Shiny Beads, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The tightness of border controls in Zerophix leave a little to be desired, immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs, on-call doctors who check their pagers during movies are banned from cinemas for life, and escalators are avoided at all costs. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Zerophix's national animal is the Pink Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zerophix is ranked 197,262^nd in the world and 3,563^rd in The North Pacific for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 973.75 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.