The Swarming Plague of Zombie Rats is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by тʜɛ Bıԍ CҺeesє with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 1.691 billion Zombie Rats 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Sewers on the Corner of Every Region. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.9%.

The all-consuming Zombie Rodent economy, worth 165 trillion morsels of flesh a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 97,864 morsels of flesh, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 291,848 per year while the poor average 25,696, a ratio of 11.4 to 1.

Buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, the nation's reinforced coffee tables are constructed to survive an atomic blast, Zombie Rats is increasingly belligerent on the international stage, and mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Zombie Rats's national animal is the Rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is тʜɛ 𐍈L∂ ɢoDs.

Zombie Rats is ranked 68,840^th in the world and 2^nd in The Sewers on the Corner of Every Region for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,761.88 on the Gilded Widget Scale.