The Pit of Endless Despair of The Pit of Endless Despair is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Godfrey G Golden with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, deadly medical pandemics, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.655 billion Customers are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry and Spirituality are also considered important, while Environment and Education receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Francisco. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Desparate economy, worth a remarkable 2,044 trillion Shekels a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Gambling. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an amazing 307,247 Shekels, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,856,797 per year while the poor average 3,032, a ratio of 942 to 1.

Historical commemorations regularly devolve into militaristic jingoism, contracting work is a family-run enterprise, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and the past is set in stone. Crime is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Pit of Endless Despair's national animal is the Landlord, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Capitalism.

The Pit of Endless Despair is ranked 311,301^st in the world and 11,998^th in Lazarus for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -53.48 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.