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The VERY dark darkness of Dark darkness is a mammoth, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-working, cynical population of 8.628 billion Dark darknessians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.9%.

The strong Dark darknessian economy, worth 430 trillion darknesses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 49,878 darknesses, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, and escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails'. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dark darkness's national animal is the black cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Dark darkness is ranked 170,865^th in the world and 1^st in Stygai for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 66.33 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.