The Zombie of Higher Thermidor is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Executive Directorate with a fair hand, and renowned for its smutty television, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.55 billion Higher Thermidorians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thermopolis. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Higher Thermidorian economy, worth 610 trillion florins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 172,028 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, diplomatic cables about Executive Directorate have suddenly been very flattering, even secular Higher Thermidorians are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", and people accuse the government of being in bed with Big Safety. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Higher Thermidor's national animal is the tardigrade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Higher Thermidor is ranked 6,068^th in the world and 114^th in Europe for Highest Poor Incomes, with 153,199.15 Standard Monetary Units.