The Dark Empire of The Sidi is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Sidi Lord Soul with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 21.32 billion Sidians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zeta. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Sidian economy, worth a remarkable 7,543 trillion Human Bones 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. 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 353,824 Human Bones, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,026,193 per year while the poor average 96,622, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Back-alley holistic doctors carry crystals in long trench coats, Big Belly is watching you, preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, and poets and writers are regularly rounded up and shot for entertainment. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Sidi's national animal is the Tarantula, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Siditisc Finalisim.

The Sidi is ranked 1,095^th in the world and 10^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Lowest Crime Rates, with 167.88 law-abiding acts per hour.