The Holy Empire of West Zantonia is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Our Most Revered God-Emperor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its deadly medical pandemics, free-roaming dinosaurs, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 23.506 billion Zantonites 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry, Spirituality, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Blessed Virkodo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.9%.

The frighteningly efficient West Zantonian economy, worth a remarkable 6,253 trillion Mollaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 266,031 Mollaris, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,857,780 per year while the poor average 13,147, a ratio of 141 to 1.

Kids feel more beat up than ever after a hard day at school, contracting work is a family-run enterprise, doctors are encouraged to 'pull the plug' any time the government has a budget crisis, and the nation's holy places are littered with doughnut crumbs. Crime is pervasive, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. West Zantonia's national animal is the Pangolin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Word Of The God-Emperor.

West Zantonia is ranked 476^th in the world and 4^th in the Plains of Perdition for Fattest Citizens, with 80.92 Obesity Rate.