The Queendom of Zancostan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Taro Stiltsington with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.047 billion Zancostanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stiltstopia. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Zancostanian economy, worth 238 trillion Zancoes a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 116,484 Zancoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, and the acceptance of acupuncture and other alternative therapies has needled the scientific community. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zancostan's national animal is the Red Seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Zancostan is ranked 55,819^th in the world and 572^nd in The Communist Bloc for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,526.42 on the Gilded Widget Scale.