The Zombie of Higher Thermidor is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Executive Directorate with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.587 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, 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 97.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Higher Thermidorian economy, worth 618 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 172,542 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, dubiously qualified East Lebatuckese doctors prescribe ice baths as a treatment for pneumonia, and suburban residents are told not to panic while hitchhikers swarm their neighborhoods. 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 3,112^th in the world and 59^th in Europe for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 10,224.33 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.