The Scientific Powerhouse of Dark Matter is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Superintendent with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 25.225 billion Espers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Academy City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient scientific economy, worth an astonishing 10,131 trillion Academy City's Yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 401,626 Academy City's Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government blames all suspicious phenomena on flying saucers, the government is said to have a martyrdom complex, civil engineers are undermining sinkholes, and in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dark Matter's national animal is the Dark Matter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Irreligion.

Dark Matter is ranked 724^th in the world and 9^th in Europe for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 96,267.13 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.