The People's Republic of Blacksoil is a very large, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 257 million Blacksoilites are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.7%.

The all-consuming Blacksoilite economy, worth 23.3 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 90,732 dollars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 391,927 per year while the poor average 13,372, a ratio of 29.3 to 1.

Blacksoil City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, martial law has been declared and the populace is kept under tight control, you need two tenors and a coloratura contralto to sing the national anthem properly, and families must live in a village for a century before they get any say in how it runs. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Blacksoil's national animal is the common raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Blacksoil is ranked 89,360^th in the world and 268^th in Europeia for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,909.12 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.