The Fiefdom of Zircon is a mammoth, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 7.262 billion Zirconians 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 Welfare, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 25.2%.

The strong Zirconian economy, worth 344 trillion runes a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is 47,487 runes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Zirconian police have to pay out of their own pockets for bulletproof vests, business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, the education system is being cleansed of all corporate influence, and engineers ask liberal arts majors "Do you want fries with that?". Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zircon's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Zircon is ranked 123,177^th in the world and 14^th in Paperwork for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 647.76 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.