The Endless Darkness of Durm is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Visoraxus Holoratus Starkiller with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.88 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 53.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Durm economy, worth a remarkable 1,168 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 Furniture Restoration. 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 118,251 rubledollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Truancy is as easy as clicking a camera icon, "Mad Max: Returning Again to Barrydrome" is this year's unexpected summer blockbuster, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, and the line between Violet and Visoraxus Holoratus Starkiller is all but indistinguishable. 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 117,678^th in the world and 875^th in Hispano Germanic Alliance for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 3,255.16 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.