The Empire of Zanithia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Dex with a fair hand, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, vat-grown people, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.327 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, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Complex. The average income tax rate is 62.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zanithian economy, worth 489 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 147,168 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, foreign nations often blame poverty and terrorism on Zanithian selfishness, new urban roads are threatening city parks, and teachers are routinely tested to keep their jobs. 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 134,810^th in the world and 2,321^st in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 727.37 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.