The Scientific Powerhouse of Dark Matter is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by General Superintendent Aleister Crowley with an iron fist, and remarkable for its national health service, frequent executions, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 12.181 billion Espers 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Academy City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient scientific economy, worth a remarkable 4,910 trillion Euros 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 a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. 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 amazing 403,091 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People invite random old men into their homes to play with their kids, the vow 'til death do us part' is often taken as an invitation to murder, the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast, and the police insist that racism does not exist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dark Matter's national animal is the Phoenix, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Dark Matter is ranked 6,528^th in the world and 23^rd in Europe for Most Stationary, with 1,957.66541376 Days.