The Holy Republic of Christway is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Saint Matthew II with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avowedly heterosexual populace, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 1.425 billion Christwegians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Matthewsburg. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Christwegian economy, worth 147 trillion sacramentals a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,204 sacramentals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens who leave the country are officially classed as traitors, battlefield gains are quickly lost when enemies don't respect a time-out, the request to "give us our daily bread" can only be fulfilled six days out of seven, and people say chess victor Saint Matthew II can kill you with mind-bullets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Christway's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Christianity.

Christway is ranked 44,241^st in the world and 1,246^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,857.6 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.