The Light at the End of The Darkest Night is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Pope Francis with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles. The quiet, industrious population of 30.9 billion Catholics are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Public Transport, Environment, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vatican. The average income tax rate is 48.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Catholic economy, worth 931 trillion Talents a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,161 Talents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

All news sources are under strict government control, a government program is underway to revitalize The Darkest Night's beaches, prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, and discarded pennies litter the streets. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Darkest Night's national animal is the Awesome and its national religion is Catholicism.

The Darkest Night is ranked 154,048^th in the world and 1^st in Catholicism for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 891.48 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.