The Holy Benevolence of The Most Hallowed Ground is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Melchizedek with an even hand, and notable for its triple-decker prams, frequent executions, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 7.279 billion Groundsmen have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caelum. The average income tax rate is 26.1%.

The all-consuming Groundsman economy, worth 730 trillion Argurions a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 100,333 Argurions, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.5 times as much as the poorest.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, citizens who don't recite the Pledge of The Most Hallowed Ground at least three times a day are placed on a terrorist watch-list, school children across the country are staging hunger strikes to protest government-mandated salads, and on graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The Most Hallowed Ground's national animal is the Cow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Most Hallowed Ground is ranked 96,814^th in the world and 3^rd in The Celestial Archipelago for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,396.92 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.