The United Dark Kingdom of The darkness is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by dark wing wong with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 852 million darkians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CFB Kadena. The average income tax rate is 70.6%.

The powerhouse darknessian economy, worth 75.7 trillion darkials yins a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 88,799 darkials yins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Maxtopian Grass flags adorn every college dorm room, paper and ink publications are subsidised by the government to keep them in the black, funerals are often rudely interrupted by juggling clowns shouting for volunteers from the audience, and manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The darkness's national animal is the Flameing bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The darkness is ranked 258,759^th in the world and 9,614^th in Osiris for Most Cultured, scoring 61 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.