The Chocolate Loving Paradise of Darkesia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Questionable Lady Darkesia with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 45.633 billion Darkesians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Defense and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fortress Cacao. The average income tax rate is 42.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Darkesian economy, worth a remarkable 7,560 trillion chocolate coin ®s a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 165,673 chocolate coin ®s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

There's more than one way to skin a diplomat, asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, Information Technology facilities are being turned into chocolate bunny™ habitats, and enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice. Crime is almost non-existent. Darkesia's national animal is the chocolate bunny™, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Chocolatology.

Darkesia is ranked 41,188^th in the world and 180^th in the Outback for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 5,408.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.