The Allied States of Darkwater is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 933 million Darkwaterians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 38.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Darkwaterian economy, worth 26.5 trillion Koros a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 28,404 Koros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Darkwater's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Darkwater is ranked 154,297^th in the world and 3,642^nd in the Rejected Realms for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 361.05 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.