The Armed Republic of Black Men is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 5.276 billion Powers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 38.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Black Menian economy, worth 131 trillion Uhurus 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Soda Sales. 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 24,973 Uhurus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bruised children are made to thank their bullies for the valuable life lessons, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, politicians are forced to vote with their party leaders, and imitation is the sincerest form of felony. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Black Men's national animal is the Silver Bird, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Black Men is ranked 35,974^th in the world and 3^rd in Iran for Nicest Citizens, with 18.02 average smiles per day.