The Tsardom of Darinstein is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Tsar Alexander II with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.729 billion Darinsteinians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bergleton. The average income tax rate is 66.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Darinsteinian economy, worth 322 trillion Darings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 118,212 Darings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Immigrant herding has become a national pastime, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, the nation was recently voted as the most stylish in Kantrias, and basketball players are sick and tired of the court. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Darinstein's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodoxy.

Darinstein is ranked 183,792^nd in the world and 39^th in Kantrias for Largest Populations, with 2.73 billion capita.