The Holy Empire of Statii Ecclesiae is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, devout population of 8.2 billion Vaticans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint-Peter's Fort. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Ecclesian economy, worth 914 trillion Cardinals a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 111,492 Cardinals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Entire provinces are populated solely by nuclear missile technicians and military police, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, and unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Statii Ecclesiae's national animal is the Mountain Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Western Roman Catholic Church.

Statii Ecclesiae is ranked 108,934^th in the world and 71^st in Empire of Great Britain for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.28 percentage of bribes refused.