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The Unfathomably Hungry Z-girl of Zombie Barmaid is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by One Rotten Brain Cell with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, daily referendums, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.688 billion Zombie Barmaids are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Top Shelf. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Zombie Barmaid economy, worth a remarkable 1,422 trillion BARMAID 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. 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 185,059 BARMAID coins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 783,576 per year while the poor average 28,234, a ratio of 27.8 to 1.

Squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal, One Rotten Brain Cell isn't a national brand, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and teachers are dying as they attempt to read 500 word essays without pausing for breath. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zombie Barmaid's national animal is the Zombie Corgi, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Church of Tasty Brains.

Zombie Barmaid is ranked 12,450^th in the world and 5^th in The Bar on the corner of every region for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 38,748.37 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.