The Queendom of Zancostan is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Taro Stiltsington with a fair hand, and remarkable for its national health service, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.025 billion Zancostanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Welfare, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stiltstopia. The average income tax rate is 77.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Zancostanian economy, worth 234 trillion Zancoes a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,863 Zancoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Violet Mile now refers to the long line-ups that former death row inmates wait in as they transfer to maximum security prisons, private law firms are unheard of, shaken martini sales have soared in nations surrounding Zancostan, and the nation is stuck in permanent election mode as politicians demand constant do-overs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Zancostan's national animal is the Red Seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Zancostan is ranked 281,943^rd in the world and 1,147^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -12.08 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.