The Chaotic Nightmare Nation of Zandos is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Eggward The Third with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 857 million Zandosians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government prioritizes Industry, although Defense, Education, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zandian. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Zandosi economy, worth 113 trillion Zandollas 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 Information Technology, Retail, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 131,917 Zandollas, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 381,497 per year while the poor average 36,169, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, the nation forgives those who are big enough to admit they made a mistake, artists are renowned for their ability to make art pieces out of thin air, and racial and religious segregation has become rife as the various groups are loath to mingle. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Zandos's national animal is the D U C C, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.