The Kingdom of Darkmen is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by agustus nero with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, vat-grown people, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 26.302 billion Darkmenians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The minute, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Industry and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Darkmen City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Darkmenian economy, worth an astonishing 14,849 trillion dubloons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 564,558 dubloons, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,838,312 per year while the poor average 30,334, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The nation's soldiers sleep four to a bed in order to use space economically, cigarettes are dead-cheap, Darkmenians are shown the peaceful ways of free trade by force, and the government loves seeing the little people fight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Darkmen's national animal is the rancors, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Darkmen is ranked 52^nd in the world and 1^st in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1,484.7 kickbacks per hour.