The Chaotic Nightmare Nation of Zandos is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Eggward The Third with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 906 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 121 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 134,372 Zandollas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers across the country are celebrating the defeat of a national curfew bill, huge explosions in the sky are a daily occurrence in the cities, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and workers of "fairweather faith" claim six months of paid leave for holy days per year. 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 69,489^th in the world and 1,576^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 20.25 flags saluted per person per day.