The Dictatorship of GloomFall is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 203 million GloomFallen 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 30.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong GloomFallen economy, worth 13.6 trillion Darkoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,962 Darkoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Diplomats shake hands with their right and hide a poison dagger in their left, the subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, the GloomFall City Prison Revue puts on a better stage show than anything in the Theatre District, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. GloomFall's national animal is the Crab, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

GloomFall is ranked 79,141^st in the world and 5^th in Retardia for Safest, scoring 90.82 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.