The Nomadic Peoples of Black Moon is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, complete lack of prisons, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 2.775 billion Black Moonians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 66.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Black Moonian economy, worth 258 trillion Denters a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 93,284 Denters, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Military advisors frequently remind San Vitenzan farmers that they have to pull the pin on a grenade before throwing it, politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot, hand-to-hand combat experience is udderly essential for all dairy ranchers, and soiled underwear is being repurposed as (off-)white flags. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Moon's national animal is the Black Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Black Moon is ranked 125,382^nd in the world and 3^rd in the people for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 948.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.