The Darkest Night of Tyberia is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by President Smitty with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.594 billion Tyberians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hesselburg. The average income tax rate is 89.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tyberian economy, worth a remarkable 1,445 trillion GBDS a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 168,189 GBDS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right, and foreigners write "made in Tyberia" on shoddy merchandise in hope of receiving a buy-out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tyberia's national animal is the Hawk, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Hippy New Age Nonesense.

Tyberia is ranked 10,075^th in the world and 7^th in After the Fall for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 41,855.11 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.