The Holy Celestial Empire of Sundered Centauri is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Holy Centaury Primarch Casimir XIX with an even hand, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, disturbing lack of elderly people, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 3.583 billion Sundered Centaurians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sanctum Caelorum. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 24.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Sundered Centaurian economy, worth 389 trillion Soliduses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 108,583 Soliduses, with the richest citizens earning 6.2 times as much as the poorest.

The "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance, people transfer their assets to bank accounts in Manamana before getting divorced, welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got, and doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sundered Centauri's national animal is the Peacock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Ordo Structura Machinarum.

Sundered Centauri is ranked 42,156^th in the world and 16^th in After the Fall for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 22,915.76 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.