The Clockwork Plague of BlackLight Covenant is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Boris with an even hand, and remarkable for its digital currency, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 10.54 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 95.9%.

The frighteningly efficient BlackLight Covenantian economy, worth a remarkable 2,280 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 fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 216,338 Retals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion. 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 848^th in the world and 4^th in The Glorious Nations of Iwaku for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 629.61 Bank.