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The Insurgent Economic Extremist of The Dark System is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Master Economist with an iron fist, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, unlimited-speed roads, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 11.464 billion Dark Systems 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 relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Dark System Main Command Centre. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Dark System economy, worth an astonishing 11,623 trillion Dollers a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Average income is a breathtaking 1,013,880 Dollers, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,605,669 per year while the poor average 92,476, a ratio of 60.6 to 1.

Open-casket funerals are avoided at all cost, people say that smog must be good for you because of its healthy green colour, prominent cultural symbols are featured on the backs of cereal boxes, and much of The Dark System's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Dark System's national animal is the Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Dark System.

The Dark System is ranked 104^th in the world and 2^nd in The Axis of Evil for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 27,400.21 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.