The Shadows of Endless Darkness is a titanic, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 11.432 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 Welfare. The average income tax rate is 22.3%.

The strong Endless Darknessian economy, worth 496 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 248,540^th in the world and 3,611^th in The catholic military orders for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.07 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.