The Holy Ecclesiarch of Saint Cinder is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Pope Sajuuk with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory vegetarianism, enslaved workforce, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.225 billion Saint Cinderians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sic Mundus Creatus Est. The average income tax rate is 98.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Saint Cinderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,334 trillion Blessings 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, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. 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 an amazing 315,931 Blessings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Birdsong in the mountains has to be loud enough to drown out nearby jackhammers, shipping canals are a bit like unimaginative cheese shops -- filled with debris, Saint Cinder is increasingly belligerent on the international stage, and sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint Cinder's national animal is the The Great Auk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pantheon of Saint Cinder.

Saint Cinder is ranked 268,152^nd in the world and 12,401^st in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 0.64 quips per hour.