The Zombie of Basses is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Wuff with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, avowedly heterosexual populace, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.999 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, although Education, Industry, and Defense are also considered important. 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 2,003 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 37,605^th in the world and 18^th in Disney World for Most Developed, scoring 80.32 on the Human Development Index.