The Empire of Zanithia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Dex with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.253 billion Zanithians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Complex. The average income tax rate is 61.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zanithian economy, worth 469 trillion Pounds 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, Information Technology, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 144,181 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A firework a day does not in fact keep the doctor away, a traveller who once stubbed a toe on an Air Brancaland flight has been offered asylum, farmers in arid regions are puzzled with government directions to plant rice this year, and Jennifer Government is a bestseller. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zanithia's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zanithia is ranked 32,406^th in the world and 706^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 81.4 law-abiding acts per hour.