The Holy Empire of Apostolites is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Holy Emperor with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, parental licensing program, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.848 billion Apostolites 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Megas Solomon. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Apostolitesian economy, worth an astonishing 11,187 trillion ichthys 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. 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 a breathtaking 664,022 ichthys, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens living in underground cities have developed a healthy green glow, public shaming has become the favoured form of punishment, centuries-old marble buildings are being torn down and replaced with corrugated steel wind tunnels, and Apostolites is increasingly belligerent on the international stage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apostolites's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Holy Emperor's Word.

Apostolites is ranked 121^st in the world and 1^st in Holy Imperial Hegemony for Lowest Crime Rates, with 274.97 law-abiding acts per hour.