The Shadows of Endless Darkness is a titanic, pleasant nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 11.074 billion Endless Darknessians 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 Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 22.3%.

The strong Endless Darknessian economy, worth 480 trillion rubledollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 43,422 rubledollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and the Endless Darkness City Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District. Crime is moderate. Endless Darkness's national animal is the dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Endless Darkness is ranked 154,371^st in the world and 604^th in The catholic military orders for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 1,415.95 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.