The Endless Darkness of Durm is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Visoraxus Holoratus Starkiller with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 13.573 billion citizens 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, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Durmengrad II. The average income tax rate is 54.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Durm economy, worth a remarkable 1,616 trillion rubledollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 119,086 rubledollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Government officials say that if you close your eyes and wish really hard the budget deficit will go away, Visoraxus Holoratus Starkiller spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders, aides are afraid to ask if Visoraxus Holoratus Starkiller wants a cup of tea or coffee, and it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Durm's national animal is the malicious Osiran shadow hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

Durm is ranked 11,826^th in the world and 1^st in Raider Unity for Largest Black Market, with 410 trillion Standard Monetary Units.