The Colony of Sidewalk Zone is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Jay Myers with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 8.919 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 74.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atlantean economy, worth a remarkable 1,698 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 190,452 Silver Certificates, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

For just a few extra Silver Certificates Atlanteans can get new driving records with their new cars, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, in a fit of passion Jay Myers has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and the nation's interest in space is at an all-time high while interest in saving the planet is at an all-time low. 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 12,681^st in the world and 35^th in Shadowville for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,614.26 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.