The Mafian Economic Republic of The Dark System is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Supreme Economist with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, unlimited-speed roads, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 28.253 billion Mafians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Main Command Centre City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Dark System economy, worth an astonishing 44,093 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,560,682 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 14,617,368 per year while the poor average 14,050, a ratio of 1,040 to 1.

People often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, bank robbers always set aside 50% of the loot to pay off the judge, chalkboards are replaced with billboards in the classroom, and hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms. Crime is totally unknown. The Dark System's national animal is the Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Dark System is ranked 254,730^th in the world and 18^th in The Axis of Evil for Highest Poor Incomes, with 14,050.01 Standard Monetary Units.