The Zombie of Basses is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Wuff with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 17.016 billion Bass Players are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Law & Order, with Education, Industry, and Defense also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yodle City. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Bassesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,005 trillion Gold Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 117,838 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Old people living in plastic bubbles complain about a new type of social isolation, mathematics majors learn about new ways to model their crushing debt, voters who forget their name are given a hint, and the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Basses's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Yodlism.

Basses is ranked 177,753^rd in the world and 22^nd in Disney World for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 71.23 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.