The Armed and Dangerous of Black Men is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by O song e wong se bee with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 9.305 billion Black Mens are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ecumenopolis. The average income tax rate is 38.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Black Menian economy, worth 463 trillion Uhurus a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 49,806 Uhurus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Taking hostages is a great way to influence government policy, only "purebloods" are allowed in the nicer parts of town, the Gallery of Instasnap is the most popular museum in the country, and temporarily-sober tourists forlornly watch pot-smoking dropouts hanging out in coffeeshops. Crime is moderate. Black Men's national animal is the Silver Bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Urbanism.

Black Men is ranked 47,517^th in the world and 1^st in Confederate Army for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.