The Absolute Monarchic Theocracy of Empire of Blockworld is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Emperor Benedict II with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, enslaved workforce, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 2.433 billion Blockworldians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Johnburg. The average income tax rate is 39.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Blockworldian economy, worth 197 trillion Reichsmarcs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,345 Reichsmarcs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, the nation is wading into dangerous waters, proper policy proposals prerequire professional peer-reviewed papers, and hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Empire of Blockworld's national animal is the Sea Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Byzantine Catholicism.

Empire of Blockworld is ranked 282,893^rd in the world and 326^th in Conch Kingdom for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -124.72 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.