The Void of Dustwind is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Dusty Dustican with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, infamous sell-swords, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 22.142 billion Dustwindians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry and Law & Order are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. 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 a remarkable 8,830 trillion gold dusts a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 398,797 gold dusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Scientists are researching the best way to kill off humanity to prevent catastrophic war, people often get liposuction to reduce their air fares, citizens sport solarium-kissed tans that are perfectly even except for the occasional melanoma, and the newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to Dustwind" on tails. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. 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 375^th in the world and 3^rd in 10000 Islands for Largest Retail Industry, scoring 45,933.79 on the Shrinkwrap Consignment Productivity Index.