zones empty state

assets/css/admin.scss

@@ -2119,6 +2119,53 @@ table.wc-shipping-zones, table.wc-shipping-zone-methods {
 		font-size: 14px;
 		background: #fff;
 	}
+	td.wc-shipping-zones-blank-state {
+		background: #F7F1F6 !important;
+		overflow: hidden;
+		position: relative;
+		padding: 7.5em 10% 15em;
+		border-bottom: 2px solid #EEE2EC;
+		p {
+			color: #a46497;
+			font-size: 1.5em;
+			line-height: 1.5em;
+			margin: 0 0 1em;
+			position: relative;
+			z-index: 1;
+			text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px white;
+
+			&.main {
+				font-size: 2em;
+			}
+		}
+		&:before {
+			content: "\f319";
+			font-family: 'dashicons';
+			text-align: center;
+			line-height: 1;
+			color: #EEE2EC;
+			display: block;
+			width: 17px;
+			font-size: 50em;
+			top: 10%;
+			left: 0;
+			position: absolute;
+		}
+		.button-primary {
+			background-color: #a16696;
+			border-color: #a16696;
+			-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.2 ), 0 1px 0 rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.15 );
+			box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.2 ), 0 1px 0 rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.15 );
+			margin: 0;
+			opacity: 1;
+			text-shadow: 0px -1px 1px #8a4f7f, 1px 0px 1px #8a4f7f, 0px 1px 1px #8a4f7f, -1px 0px 1px #8a4f7f;
+			font-size: 1.5em;
+			padding: .75em 1em;
+			height: auto;
+			position: relative;
+			z-index: 1;
+		}
+	}
 	tbody.wc-shipping-zone-rows {
 		tr:nth-child(odd) {
 			td {

assets/js/admin/wc-shipping-zones.js

@@ -66,12 +66,11 @@
 				},
 				render: function() {
 					var zones       = _.indexBy( this.model.get( 'zones' ), 'zone_id' ),
-						view        = this;
+						view        = this;					
-
-					// Blank out the contents.
-					this.$el.empty();
 
 					if ( _.size( zones ) ) {
+						this.$el.empty();
+
 						// Sort zones
 						zones = _.sortBy( zones, function( zone ) {
 							return parseInt( zone.zone_order, 10 );

includes/admin/views/html-admin-page-shipping-zones.php

@@ -20,7 +20,16 @@
                     </td>
                 </tr>
             </tfoot>
-            <tbody class="wc-shipping-zone-rows"></tbody>
+            <tbody class="wc-shipping-zone-rows">
+				<tr>
+					<td class="wc-shipping-zones-blank-state" colspan="5">
+						<p class="main"><?php _e( 'Shipping Zones are regions you ship products to.', 'woocommerce' ); ?></p>
+						<p><?php _e( 'You can add as many zones as you want, for example you could have "Local", "Domestic", and "Europe" zones depending on your needs.', 'woocommerce' ); ?></p>
+						<p><?php _e( 'Once a zone has been added, you can add multiple shipping rates within each. Customers will only see rates that apply to them.', 'woocommerce' ); ?></p>
+						<a class="button button-primary wc-shipping-zone-add"><?php _e( 'Add a shipping zone', 'woocommerce' ); ?></a>
+					</td>
+				</tr>
+			</tbody>
             <tbody>
                 <tr>
                     <td width="1%" class="wc-shipping-zone-worldwide"></td>

includes/class-wc-shipping-zones.php

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class WC_Shipping_Zones {
 			$zones[ $zone->get_zone_id() ]['shipping_methods']        = $zone->get_shipping_methods();
 		}
 
-		return $zones;
+		return array();
     }
 
 	/**