The Nomadic Peoples of Black Moon is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, avant-garde cinema, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 8.16 billion Black Moonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Black Moonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,160 trillion Denters 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 Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 142,228 Denters, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Black Moon City State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee', a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero, crocodile roadkill is smeared across the asphalt of the new Formula One track, and it is still not known if the commander in chief outranks the supreme commander. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Moon's national animal is the Black Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Black Moon is ranked 37,120^th in the world and 2^nd in Tasoland for Smartest Citizens, with 50.8 quips per hour.