The Free Territory of Astrum Nigrum is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 23.874 billion Astrians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Industry, and Welfare are also considered important, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Svatania. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Astrum Nigrumian economy, worth a remarkable 5,770 trillion Black Stars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 241,723 Black Stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, it turns out you can teach cats new tricks, children crying over dropped ice creams are offered high doses of experimental antidepressants, and voting is voluntary. Crime is totally unknown. Astrum Nigrum's national animal is the Elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Astrum Nigrum is ranked 290,902^nd in the world and 176^th in Anarchy for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -37.74 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.