The Allied States of Black Kazintir is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its teetotalling pirates, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.015 billion Black Kazintirians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 47.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Black Kazintirian economy, worth 70.1 trillion black zints 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, Beef-Based Agriculture, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 69,056 black zints, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Being dead no longer has any benefits, the mood of raunchy movies is often ruined by the sound of babies crying, decaying farm hamlets have twice the representation of major urban areas, and the Not a Tax Haven Foundation is the most popular charity. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Kazintir's national animal is the manticore, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Black Kazintir is ranked 303,022^nd in the world and 170^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring zero on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.