The Confederacy of Zanathan is a titanic, pleasant nation, notable for its burgeoning Spider population. The hard-working population of 13.956 billion Zanathanians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 11.7%.

The Zanathanian economy, worth 729 trillion Shiny Green Things a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 52,238 Shiny Green Things, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low. Zanathan's national animal is the Spider.

Zanathan is ranked 154,190^th in the world and 9^th in Altino for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,719.86 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.