The Technocracy of Blackphir is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Premier Mancer with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 6.583 billion Blackphirians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carthus. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Blackphirian economy, worth a remarkable 1,609 trillion sovereigns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 244,476 sovereigns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

There is something rotten in the state of Blackphir, science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly, and travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Blackphir flights to avoid the pay lavatories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blackphir's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Blackphir is ranked 13,856^th in the world and 549^th in The North Pacific for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 347,988 Standard Monetary Units.