The Theocracy of The Nun is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.136 billion Paper pushers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 20.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Nunian economy, worth 57.2 trillion Salvageds 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. 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 50,318 Salvageds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Churches across the land are hurriedly installing auto-tune for their choirs, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, everybody's got wood thanks to Leader, and women are kept out of work but at least dinner is served on time. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Nun's national animal is the Redeemed, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Nun is ranked 168,970^th in the world and 8^th in Heaven for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 953.74 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.