The Empire of Goodnight is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, unlimited-speed roads, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 4.15 billion ok i slep gns 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 51.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse bye economy, worth 377 trillion Duckcoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 91,008 Duckcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals, power to the people comes from the barrel of a gun, the entire entry for Goodnight in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', and it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Goodnight's national animal is the Duck, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Goodnight is ranked 38,752^nd in the world and 8^th in Artificial Solar System for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83.12 law-abiding acts per hour.