The Empire of Zanithia is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Dex with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.383 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 64.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zanithian economy, worth 491 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 145,392 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians constantly ring their voters to remind them how good a job they're doing, patriotic citizens chant "there's only one Zanithia" at foreigners, Max Barry is this year's Miss Zanithia, and children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zanithia's national animal is the Demonic cats, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zanithia is ranked 282,080^th in the world and 4,860^th in The East Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 0.48 flags saluted per person per day.