The Galactic Imperium Invictum of Darkium is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Supreme Emperor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its unlimited-speed roads, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, humorless population of 35.335 billion Darkians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, 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 Dawn's City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Darkiumian economy, worth an astonishing 17,892 trillion DSCS a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is a breathtaking 506,379 DSCS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Travelers praise airports for their endless beige corridors, many friends and relatives of the Supreme Emperor have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, all facts are created equal, and government buildings are being cleansed of anything that might have racist connotations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Darkium's national animal is the Imperial Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Darkium is ranked 592^nd in the world and 28^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 461 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.