The Grand Duchy of Undead Malavuk is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Duke Death with an iron fist, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, keen interest in outer space, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 1.071 billion Undead Malavukians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skull Throne. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Undead Malavukian economy, worth 227 trillion souls a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 212,769 souls, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Public shaming has become the favoured form of punishment, the government is encouraging violence on television, families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country, and business leaders are mailing Duke Death forged birth certificates in a bid to win their rivals as serfs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Undead Malavuk's national animal is the zombie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Necromancy.

Undead Malavuk is ranked 280,828^th in the world and 1,362^nd in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 28.56 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.