The Republic of Island of Darkness is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Doctor Darkness with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, lack of airports, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 13.646 billion Islanders are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 87.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Islander economy, worth 717 trillion beans a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, extremely specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 52,590 beans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many say faith is a crutch for those who can't move forward, the Islander war navy contains an oddly large number of luxury yachts and cruise liners, all gamers have been drafted into the military despite their lack of upper body strength, and childhood friends of Doctor Darkness are living it large abroad at the taxpayers' expense. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Island of Darkness's national animal is the bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Voodoo.

Island of Darkness is ranked 255,093^rd in the world and 6,166^th in the Rejected Realms for Nicest Citizens, with 1 average smiles per day.