The Colony of Sidewalk Zone is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jay Myers with a fair hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 9.083 billion Atlanteans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadowville. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atlantean economy, worth a remarkable 1,723 trillion Silver Certificates a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 189,773 Silver Certificates, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

The law forbids arson, murder, and low-quality cheese, small patches of desolate land across the world are part of Atlantean sovereign territory, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, and citizens can't decide whether to be proud or horrified by the country's colonial history. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sidewalk Zone's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Sidewalk Zone is ranked 7,077^th in the world and 39^th in Shadowville for Most Developed, scoring 92.84 on the Human Development Index.