The People's Republic of Blacksoil is a small, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 23 million Blacksoilites enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The powerhouse Blacksoilite economy, worth 1.79 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 78,018 dollars, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 414,733 per year while the poor average 7,743, a ratio of 53.6 to 1.

Blacksoil's heavy congestion charges are the bane of motorists' lives, losing your sock key may require surgical intervention, the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb, and the public health bureaucracy is wrapped in miles of red tape. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Blacksoil's national animal is the common raven.

Blacksoil is ranked 274,448^th in the world and 1,346^th in Europeia for Highest Poor Incomes, with 7,743.61 Standard Monetary Units.