The Republic of Dark Sky Default is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, ritual sacrifices, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.619 billion Dark Sky Defaultians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 35.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Dark Sky Defaultian economy, worth 55.1 trillion Defaults a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Gambling. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,022 Defaults, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, and a major religion has been named as Dark Sky Default's national religion. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force. Dark Sky Default's national animal is the Default, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dark Sky Default is ranked 158,953^rd in the world and 4^th in Terra for Highest Food Quality, scoring 15.94 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.