The Holy Empire of Doge 38 is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Empress Doge XXXVIII with an iron fist, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.274 billion Doge 38ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caston-on-Rivine. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.0%.

The all-consuming Doge 38ian economy, worth 392 trillion lire a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 91,710 lire, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 541,997 per year while the poor average 7,178, a ratio of 75.5 to 1.

Young girls often attend the same schools as their children, contracting work is a family-run enterprise, crackheads chase drug-loaded drones in hopes of a lucky drop, and major corporations receive tax breaks for no apparent reason. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Doge 38's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

Doge 38 is ranked 200,495^th in the world and 7^th in DogeLand for Most Secular, with 15.85 Atheism Rate.