The Empire of Ever dark is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, triple-decker prams, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 181 million Drows are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Industry, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Welfare are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 88.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Ever darkish economy, worth a remarkable 3,638 trillion Nights 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Uranium Mining. 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 amazing 297,686 Nights, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,166,906 per year while the poor average 51,671, a ratio of 22.6 to 1.

The government burgles the houses of holidaying citizens, tweenage nobles order army regiments to do their homework for them, government policies change at the drop of a rabbit, and invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie. Crime is all-pervasive, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Ever dark's national animal is the Human, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ever dark is ranked 177,670^th in the world and 3,367^th in the Rejected Realms for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 34,531.59 Standard Monetary Units.