The Republic of Darmen is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President Thomas Gwerder with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, frequent executions, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 31.039 billion Darmenis are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scott City. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Darmeni economy, worth a remarkable 6,022 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 194,037 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, murderers are immune to arrest while attending their victims' funerals, oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms, and out-of-work actors say they can't complain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Darmen's national animal is the German Shepherd, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Darmenian Christianity.

Darmen is ranked 94,214^th in the world and 17^th in Rushmore for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 5,528.9 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.