The Chaotic Nightmare Nation of Zandos is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Eggward The Third with a fair hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 912 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, with Defense, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zandian. The average income tax rate is 18.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zandosi economy, worth 122 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 134,279 Zandollas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Huge explosions in the sky are a daily occurrence in the cities, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year, and family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries. 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.

Zandos is ranked 9,193^rd in the world and 438^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 56.1 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.