The Satanic Kingdom of Vader Knows Best 18 is a titanic, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, complete lack of public education, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working, cynical population of 18.468 billion Vader Knows Best 18ians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Law & Order, although Industry and Defense are also considered important, while Welfare and Spirituality aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.5%.

The thriving Vader Knows Best 18ian economy, worth 487 trillion Imperial Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 26,405 Imperial Credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 76,474 per year while the poor average 7,225, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Crime is a problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Vader Knows Best 18's national animal is the Cheshire Cat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Vader Knows Best 18 is ranked 266,878^th in the world and 12^th in New York for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -7.07 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.