The Zombie of Higher Thermidor is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Executive Directorate with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.749 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 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Higher Thermidorian economy, worth 668 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 178,294 florins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is promoting multicultural values with the new 'Just Be Nice, OK?' initiative, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, and the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu. 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 260,977^th in the world and 730^th in Europe for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -4 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.