The Under-Empire of The Horned Rat is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Council of Thirteen with an iron fist, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, parental licensing program, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 39.33 billion Horned Ratians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order and Industry are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skavenblight. The average income tax rate is 89.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Horned Ratian economy, worth an astonishing 11,295 trillion warpstone tokens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 287,196 warpstone tokens, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The ongoing space elevator construction project has elevated the national debt to all new levels, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, and the The Horned Rat Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Horned Rat's national animal is the rat ogre, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Esoteric Covenant of the Horn.

The Horned Rat is ranked 63,257^th in the world and 1^st in The Dark Lands for Most Avoided, scoring 4.07 on the Kardashian Reflex Score.