The Supreme Patriarchy of Black Scimitar is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by King Caine I with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, ubiquitous missile silos, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.601 billion Scimitarians 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, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Damascus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Scimitarian economy, worth 478 trillion Elements a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 183,977 Elements, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 673,801 per year while the poor average 35,595, a ratio of 18.9 to 1.

The government response to disaster victims starving for bread is "let them eat stale cake", nobody likes bad boys any more, roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, and vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Black Scimitar's national animal is the Basilisk, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Neo-Brodism.

Black Scimitar is ranked 15,849^th in the world and 34^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Lowest Crime Rates, with 93.37 law-abiding acts per hour.