The Void of Dustwind is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Dusty Dustican with an iron fist, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 25.267 billion Dustwindians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry and Law & Order are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palace of Dust. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Dustwindian economy, worth an astonishing 10,665 trillion gold dusts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an amazing 422,117 gold dusts, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,430,261 per year while the poor average 35,141, a ratio of 69.2 to 1.

Diners regard burgers made from mechanically reclaimed cow protein as "proper meat", cities are engulfed by smog, the nation's entire cultural heritage is being auctioned off to the rich, and Dustwind has become a gigantic dustbowl filled with tourists and mean desperados. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Dustwind's national animal is the scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sufferology.

Dustwind is ranked 60,256^th in the world and 658^th in 10000 Islands for Highest Poor Incomes, with 35,141.43 Standard Monetary Units.