The Republic of Blackmarche is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its zero percent divorce rate, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.724 billion Blackmarcheans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government prioritizes Industry, with Defense, Administration, and Education also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Blackmarchean economy, worth a remarkable 3,859 trillion currencies 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, broadly diversified black market in Retail, Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. 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 499,701 currencies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,871,082 per year while the poor average 93,365, a ratio of 20.0 to 1.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, daredevil kayakers frequently race against runaway hippos, the Police Surveillance Unit's motto is "Gotta Catch 'Em All", and foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Blackmarche's national animal is the animal, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blackmarche is ranked 314,926^th in the world and 57^th in Vickenian experiment incubator for Most Primitive, scoring -951.24 on the Scary Big Number Scale.