The Ever famished of L0cust is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, infamous sell-swords, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-working, democratic population of 932 million Prey are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of FACE CALL. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The powerhouse Prey economy, worth 74.0 trillion Wires a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 79,451 Wires, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 250,427 per year while the poor average 19,270, a ratio of 13.0 to 1.

Gift baskets often contain working nukes, companies are turning to trained Thumpers for their most menial jobs, looting and pillaging are now considered vital intelligence-gathering activities, and it is often said that only Leader could bring down Dàguó. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. L0cust's national animal is the Thumper, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

L0cust is ranked 17,198^th in the world and 21^st in Hell for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,292.41 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.