The Republic of KitaSON Black is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its rum-swilling pirates, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 524 million KitaSON Blackians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 62.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant KitaSON Blackian economy, worth 9.32 trillion Sweep Toshoes 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 slick, highly efficient black market in Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, 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 17,791 Sweep Toshoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

KitaSON Blackian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, schoolchildren must pass a six-month Ethics and Safety Committee Assessment before they are allowed to mix baking soda and vinegar, 50% of adverts on children's television are for clothes made of cotton wool, and KitaSON Black is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. KitaSON Black's national animal is the Satono Diamond, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

KitaSON Black is ranked 15,410^th in the world and 1^st in Kitasan Black for Safest, scoring 115.71 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.