The Clockwork Plague of BlackLight Covenant is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Boris with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, frequent executions, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 8.628 billion BlackLight Covenantians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terbarlynton. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient BlackLight Covenantian economy, worth a remarkable 1,708 trillion Retals a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 198,026 Retals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, and children are often punished for the sins of the fathers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. BlackLight Covenant's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unknown.

BlackLight Covenant is ranked 4,984^th in the world and 2^nd in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Most World Assembly Endorsements, with 27 Valid Endorsements.