The Mafian Economic Republic of The Dark System is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Economist with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, unlimited-speed roads, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 28.292 billion Mafians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

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 Main Command Centre City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Dark System economy, worth an astonishing 44,160 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,560,888 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 14,619,295 per year while the poor average 14,051, a ratio of 1,040 to 1.

Foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, and the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans. Crime is totally unknown. The Dark System's national animal is the Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Dark System is ranked 12^th in the world and 1^st in The Axis of Evil for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 2,538.62 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.