The Independent Space Colony of Side 3 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Supreme Commander Gihren Zabi with an iron fist, and notable for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 17.438 billion Zeons are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zum City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Zeonic economy, worth an astonishing 11,514 trillion Zeon credits 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 a breathtaking 660,285 Zeon credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

The stratosphere is full of "silent but deadly" attacks from Supreme Commander Gihren Zabi's rear echelons, the nation has always been at war with Moltovea, escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky, and it takes several hours to shuffle the national deck. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Side 3's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Side 3 is ranked 104,252^nd in the world and 19^th in The Local Cluster for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 1,723.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.