The Scientific Powerhouse of Dark Matter is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by General Superintendent with an iron fist, and notable for its vat-grown people, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 25.612 billion Espers 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Academy City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient scientific economy, worth an astonishing 10,360 trillion Academy City's Yen a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 404,518 Academy City's Yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat", scientists on maritime expeditions return with a healthy glow, and starving citizens are offered nuclear pasta. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dark Matter's national animal is the Dark Matter, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Irreligion.

Dark Matter is ranked 980^th in the world and 20^th in Europe for Most Cultured, scoring 378 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.