The Rogue Nation of Dark Prognosticus is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, zero percent divorce rate, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.281 billion Dark Prognosticusians 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 relatively small, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castle Bleck. The average income tax rate is 20.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Dark Prognosticusian economy, worth 84.4 trillion coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 65,874 coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The military is recruiting war criminals to join its weapons research teams, contracting work is a family-run enterprise, legislators must raise their hands if they want to speak, and churches frequently hold public 'contraception burnings'. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dark Prognosticus's national animal is the void, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Dark Prognosticus is ranked 111,049^th in the world and 13^th in Castle Bleck for Highest Average Incomes, with 65,874.35 Standard Monetary Units.