The Republic of A Darker Past II is a gargantuan, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 29.594 billion Darker Past IIians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, well-organized morass — prioritizes Law & Order, with Industry, Social Policy, and Public Transport also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Darker Past IIian economy, worth 704 trillion earth22s 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Soda Sales, Woodchip Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 23,794 earth22s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Darker Past II's national animal is the dark, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

A Darker Past II is ranked 117,748^th in the world and 1^st in The Earth for Lowest Crime Rates, with 63.94 law-abiding acts per hour.