The Holy Empire of Dead Cow is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 430 million Undead Cows 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.3%.

The Dead Cowian economy, worth 21.5 trillion Bones of dead cows a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 50,077 Bones of dead cows, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

The roads are notorious throughout the region for their peril, stray dogs and children root through the trash for snacks, city sidewalks are crowded with overweight people, and the nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Dead Cow's national animal is the A dead cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Dead Cow is ranked 42,523^rd in the world and 17^th in Union of Christian Nations for Largest Black Market, with 3.72 trillion Standard Monetary Units.