The Incorporated States of Dark Matter Warning Beacons is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Harmony with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 5.328 billion Dark Matter Warning Beaconsians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Beacon 23. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The very strong Dark Matter Warning Beaconsian economy, worth 304 trillion Credit Chips a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Gambling, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 57,071 Credit Chips, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 234,596 per year while the poor average 9,156, a ratio of 25.6 to 1.

People think garlic bread counts as one of their "five a day", farmers' market days almost always end in a shooting, employers may fire workers without giving any reason, and Harmony has just been declared ruler of Dark Matter Warning Beacons in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Dark Matter Warning Beacons's national animal is the Living Artifact.

Dark Matter Warning Beacons is ranked 57,459^th in the world and 4^th in An Island In Space for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,959.33 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.