The Blood Forged Edge of The Blade of Damocles is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Damocles with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.953 billion brain eaters live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ground Zero. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The frighteningly efficient undead economy, worth a remarkable 1,328 trillion frontal lobes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 111,132 frontal lobes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 407,757 per year while the poor average 21,440, a ratio of 19.0 to 1.

Only the richest get to see out of their windows, ironic death by tasering is on the rise amongst door-to-door taser salesmen, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, and Succulent Brain is one of the most popular forenames in The Blade of Damocles. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Blade of Damocles's national animal is the succulent brain, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Zombism.

The Blade of Damocles is ranked 292,529^th in the world and 4^th in The Zombie Factory for Lowest Crime Rates, with 5.84 law-abiding acts per hour.