The Void of Dustwind is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Dusty Dustican with an iron fist, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, keen interest in outer space, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 20.505 billion Dustwindians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Industry and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palace of Dust. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Dustwindian economy, worth a remarkable 8,245 trillion gold dusts a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 402,116 gold dusts, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,323,108 per year while the poor average 33,209, a ratio of 70.0 to 1.

Maintaining economic growth is no laughing matter, funeral mourners ridesharing with the deceased are encouraged to sit on the coffin to save room, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and personal injury lawyers are demanding compensation from the government after recent reductions in manufacturer liability. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Dustwind's national animal is the scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sufferology.

Dustwind is ranked 70,143^rd in the world and 747^th in 10000 Islands for Most Authoritarian, with 856.96 milliStalins.