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The Colony of Sidewalk Zone is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jay Myers with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 8.906 billion Atlanteans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadowville. The average income tax rate is 75.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Atlantean economy, worth a remarkable 1,692 trillion Silver Certificates a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 190,081 Silver Certificates, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

It turns out that trees grow on Silver Certificates, for just a few extra Silver Certificates Atlanteans can get new driving records with their new cars, mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and in a fit of passion Jay Myers has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sidewalk Zone's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Sidewalk Zone is ranked 12,669^th in the world and 35^th in Shadowville for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,623.27 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.