The Deep Shadow of VileDarkness is a behemoth, orderly nation, ruled by His Divine Shadow with an iron fist, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, zero percent divorce rate, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 51.007 billion VileDarknessians 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 tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of DarknessCity. The average income tax rate is 2.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but underdeveloped VileDarknessian economy, worth a remarkable 3,093 trillion photons a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 60,655 photons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

In the mighty jungle the lion once again sleeps tonight, tourists soak their luggage in boiling water before unpacking, elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume, and acknowledgement of minority groups is usually a Trojan horse. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. VileDarkness's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

VileDarkness is ranked 325,801^st in the world and 1^st in The Netherlands for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 11.56 on the Kitten Softness Rating.