The Holy Empire of Reltia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 238 million Reltians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 29.8%.

The powerhouse Reltian economy, worth 20.5 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,971 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, code enforcement officers circle wealthy Reltians like vultures, fruit market traders let their stock spoil rather than reduce their prices at the day's end, and lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reltia's national animal is the Cassowary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Reltia is ranked 72,637^th in the world and 1,129^th in the Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.75 law-abiding acts per hour.