The Empire of Praetorialis is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, frequent executions, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate population of 764 million Praetorialisians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rams Landing. The average income tax rate is 59.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Praetorialisian economy, worth 70.8 trillion Praetorian dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,704 Praetorian dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The government's foreign policy statements are less threatening than a World Assembly cease-and-desist letter, kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, religious organizations are being forced to leave the country or pay income taxes like everybody else, and oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Praetorialis's national animal is the Praetorialisian dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Praetorialis is ranked 182,670^th in the world and 1,861^st in the Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 92.95 percentage of bribes refused.