The Ruins of Black Vanguard is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by God-Emperor with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.761 billion Black Vanguardians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while International Aid and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ruins of Naratyr. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 88.0%.

The thriving Black Vanguardian economy, worth a remarkable 1,840 trillion Enslaved Natives a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 116,788 Enslaved Natives, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Running away is an essential part of the elite forces' hand-to-hand training, it's not just poseurs who wear oversized sound-cancelling headphones as they walk the city streets, the government is telling wizards to put their heart into their work, and citizens can freely debate whether God-Emperor is a great leader or the greatest leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Vanguard's national animal is the Enslaved Native, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is The Word of God-Emperor.

Black Vanguard is ranked 41,718^th in the world and 2^nd in Devide by Zero for Lowest Crime Rates, with 76.99 law-abiding acts per hour.