The Mafian Economic Republic of The Dark System is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Economist with an iron fist, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, enslaved workforce, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 28.368 billion Mafians 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 relatively small, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Main Command Centre City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Dark System economy, worth an astonishing 44,338 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Average income is a breathtaking 1,562,992 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 14,639,015 per year while the poor average 14,070, a ratio of 1,040 to 1.

The military is plagued with unethical researchers, the government defends a woman's right to choose, tumbleweeds are seen blowing through the nation's airspace, and town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists. Crime is totally unknown. The Dark System's national animal is the Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Dark System is ranked 488^th in the world and 1^st in The Axis of Evil for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 52,466.82 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.