The Heavenly Dominion of The Celestial Empire is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by His Divine Imperial Majesty with an iron fist, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.62 billion Celestial Subjects are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luoyang. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 27.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Imperial Celestial economy, worth a remarkable 3,024 trillion Silver Taels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 206,894 Silver Taels, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,305,775 per year while the poor average 13,724, a ratio of 95.1 to 1.

Octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, debate rages over whether ground fish guts can be spread on fields, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, and tax assessment offices double as polling stations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Celestial Empire's national animal is the Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Heavenly Reverence.

The Celestial Empire is ranked 9,310^th in the world and 4^th in East Asia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 102.37 law-abiding acts per hour.