The Dark Side of The World Origin is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Face with an even hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic, humorless, devout population of 30.663 billion Originals are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Origina. The average income tax rate is 75.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Original economy, worth a remarkable 1,452 trillion Worldies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 47,381 Worldies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, The World Origin has designated Origina as its capital city, and The Face has just been declared ruler of The World Origin in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The World Origin's national animal is the snail, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Darkness.

The World Origin is ranked 244,179^th in the world and 2^nd in Otoris for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.