The Holy Empire of Doge 23 is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Doge XXIII with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, devout population of 4.641 billion Doge 23ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government prioritizes Defense, with Administration, Industry, and Law & Order also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Canopy Hill. The average income tax rate is 69.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Doge 23ian economy, worth 420 trillion guilders 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Retail. 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 90,589 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People who have never eaten chicken are told it tastes a bit like crocodile, tabloids publicly shun nurses for not calling home on the weekends, the fate of the world literally rests on Emperor Doge XXIII's fingers, and the only crimes that get investigated are doughnut heists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Doge 23's national animal is the leopard, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Doge 23 is ranked 285,649^th in the world and 20^th in DogeLand for Nicest Citizens, with 0.89 average smiles per day.