The Holy Ecclesiarch of Saint Cinder is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Pope Sigma with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, disturbing lack of elderly people, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.04 billion Saint Cinderians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important, while Social Policy isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sic Mundus Creatus Est. The average income tax rate is 99.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Saint Cinderian economy, worth a remarkable 2,067 trillion Blessings 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing. 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 an amazing 342,368 Blessings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Maths Professor Barbie is the most popular toy for boys and girls alike, practically perfect royal toddlers tend to say "regrettably not at this juncture" rather than "no", citizens try to pass off bottlecaps they found in their backyards as historical artifacts, and the most popular stadium acts are one-off performances. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Saint Cinder's national animal is the The Great Auk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Pantheon of Saint Cinder.

Saint Cinder is ranked 1,473^rd in the world and 41^st in the South Pacific for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 99.48 Effective Tax Rate.