The title gives one the impression that it might be in a similar vein as The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy...?
I think it is funnier...but, that is just me...
distant planet that is controlled by both the arthropod (spider) empire and by earth. It is divided up with a no man/s zone between. The heroes ain't.....
Lotsa fraternization between the sides to play cards, smuggle, all the while trying to plot to kill the other and take more land. And, a revolutionary bunch of opportunists in the middle who are against everybody, and often themselves..