The Holy Empire of Paladani is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Supreme Bishop with an even hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, rampant corporate plagiarism, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 8.049 billion Paladanians are prohibited from doing almost everything but make sure no one in government gets away with anything either.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holyland. The average income tax rate is 79.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Paladanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,236 trillion Paladanian Prayers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 153,674 Paladanian Prayers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every workday begins with group therapy, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life, and the government is well known for declaring war on other countries for suspected slights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Paladani's national animal is the Trinity Lamb, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Christianity.

Paladani is ranked 331,153^rd in the world and 4,702^nd in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -24.68 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.