The Technocracy of Blackphir is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Premier Mancer with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, anti-smoking policies, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 5.125 billion Blackphirians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Carthus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Blackphirian economy, worth a remarkable 1,293 trillion sovereigns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 252,336 sovereigns, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,052,886 per year while the poor average 39,475, a ratio of 26.7 to 1.

The freedom to be free is always just out of reach, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, and the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blackphir's national animal is the raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Blackphir is ranked 7,978^th in the world and 355^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 90.46 Effective Tax Rate.