The Empire of THE BLACK HAND MAFIA is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The quiet, industrious population of 95 million BLACK HAND MAFIANS are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 13.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped BLACK HAND MAFIAian economy, worth 3.54 trillion Black Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 37,231 Black Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A video of Leader wearing shock-blue face paint and smashing an electric guitar in front of a frenzied crowd is on endless repeat on the nightly news, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, and rabbits are known to spontaneously explode without warning. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. THE BLACK HAND MAFIA's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

THE BLACK HAND MAFIA is ranked 256,185^th in the world and 79^th in Palatine for Largest Populations, with 95.0 million capita.