The Imperatum of The Very Dark Place is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by HE Sir Cerse Ermanáric with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 8.59 billion Darkians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Neu Bosehaven. The average income tax rate is 96.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Darkian economy, worth a remarkable 3,310 trillion Imperial Notes a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 385,347 Imperial Notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The standardised national curriculum requires that all-male classes be taught why they have periods, the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions, a crusade against barbaric religious practices has begun, and The Very Dark Place successfully hosted the Confederation of Corrupt Dictators Olympics. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Very Dark Place's national animal is the Darkian Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Darkiut.

The Very Dark Place is ranked 1,313^th in the world and 8^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 17,549.44 on the Gilded Widget Scale.