The Matriarchy of Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.471 billion Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiamians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.8%.

The very strong Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiamian economy, worth 320 trillion The Voices a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 71,607 The Voices, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 287,074 per year while the poor average 11,979, a ratio of 24.0 to 1.

Builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction, the government has declared that sharing is uncaring, rumours have it that a secret police is responsible for the recent spate of missing persons, and the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the highest court in the land. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam's national animal is the Bene Gesserit, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam is ranked 172,075^th in the world and 5^th in Known Universe for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 922.16 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.