The Empire of Zanithia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Dex with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.405 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 66.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Zanithian economy, worth 499 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 146,753 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unemployed mercenaries drift the country looking for new careers, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers, and 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Zanithia's radio stations. 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 18,317^th in the world and 416^th in The East Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 294.44 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.