The VERY dark darkness of Dark darkness is a mammoth, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, cynical population of 8.674 billion Dark darknessians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.9%.

The strong Dark darknessian economy, worth 432 trillion darknesses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 49,878 darknesses, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, and escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails'. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dark darkness's national animal is the black cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Dark darkness is ranked 145,591^st in the world and 1^st in Stygai for Largest Black Market, with 1.23 trillion Standard Monetary Units.