The Consumerist Zombie Horde of Gargolia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by CEO McGargoyle with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, deadly medical pandemics, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 23.679 billion Gargolians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gargopolis. The average income tax rate is 1.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Gargolian economy, worth a remarkable 5,270 trillion Gold Crowns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 222,582 Gold Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Aeroplane cockpits no longer have altimeters or airspeed indicators, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, and the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Gargolia's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Gargolia is ranked 291,033^rd in the world and 16^th in The Atheist Empire for Lowest Crime Rates, with 23.96 law-abiding acts per hour.