The United Socialist States of Darkness and Lampshades is a colossal, pleasant nation, notable for its burgeoning alpaca population. The hard-working population of 8.996 billion Darkness and Lampshadesians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 21.9%.

The Darkness and Lampshadesian economy, worth 365 trillion lampshades a year, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Soda Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 40,677 lampshades, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Darkness and Lampshades's national animal is the alpaca.

Darkness and Lampshades is ranked 201,685^th in the world and 3^rd in Knowhere for Lowest Crime Rates, with 56.72 law-abiding acts per hour.