The Drab Darkness of Night Shadows is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Grim Reaper with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, ubiquitous missile silos, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.686 billion Pacifists are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vorsikov. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Night Shadowsian economy, worth a remarkable 1,628 trillion Callcks a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 211,870 Callcks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, and discarded pennies litter the streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Night Shadows's national animal is the Crill, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Night Shadows is ranked 9,683^rd in the world and 3^rd in Antisipation Refounded for Highest Average Incomes, with 211,870.55 Standard Monetary Units.