The Endless Darkness of Durm is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Visoraxus Holoratus Starkiller with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory vegetarianism, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.437 billion citizens 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 medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded, 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 Durmengrad II. The average income tax rate is 52.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Durm economy, worth 962 trillion rubledollars 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, 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 an impressive 114,092 rubledollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', and a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Durm's national animal is the malicious Osiran shadow hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

Durm is ranked 76,322^nd in the world and 1,140^th in Suspicious for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 387.98 on the Clooney Contribution Index.