The Holy Empire of The Divine Mandate is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Divine Monarch with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, prohibition of alcohol, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 21.575 billion Divines 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Spirituality, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Baator. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.3%.

The strong Divine economy, worth a remarkable 1,460 trillion Viaticums 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 a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. 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 67,707 Viaticums, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 254,951 per year while the poor average 12,538, a ratio of 20.3 to 1.

Cleaners are very careful not to bump into the big red button on Divine Monarch's desk, basic multiplication is all you need to know to have a child, loudmouthed journalists are given the chop, and most pop videos prominently feature the Divine flag. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Divine Mandate's national animal is the Man O' War and its national religion is Church of the Iron Will.

The Divine Mandate is ranked 26,899^th in the world and 1,554^th in Balder for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,826.68 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.