The Republic of Zanos is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.826 billion Galatics are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Zanosian economy, worth 30.9 trillion Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 16,945 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zanos's national animal is the Wookie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zanos is ranked 234,305^th in the world and 124^th in Corsair for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 41.43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.