The Dark Night of Depression is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by regret with an iron fist, and renowned for its burgeoning fruit fly population. The cynical population of 15.064 billion survivors 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rumination. The average income tax rate is 29.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped survivor economy, worth 452 trillion loathings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,012 loathings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sidewalk is used as an overtaking lane by city drivers, visitors to Violet Rock City are stunned to learn that they must memorize the "99 Principles" before entering, Merry Birthday is a popular protest song despite the risk of fines and royalty dues, and foreign spirits are hard to find due to an abundance of "Cletus and Jim Bob's Homemade Survivor Moonshine". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Depression's national animal is the fruit fly, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is any opioid.

Depression is ranked 191,359^th in the world and 5^th in Aeterna Publicae for Most Beautiful Environments, with 479.92 pounds of wildlife per square mile.