Better to use zombies than say, Lower Ebonia. Because the news would report it as Lower Ebonia troops ready to invade, zOMG, what would Kim Kardashian wear during the Ebonian invasion, etc. Then Lower Ebonia sends a letter of protest. Which causes State Department to go on a rampage, screaming about the damage done to our friends and neighbors, who are the world, s experts at banging rocks together.
No, i'm not bitter