The European Empire of Holy Europe Empire is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 567 million Central Europeans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Munich Megapolis Prefecture. The average income tax rate is 35.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Holy Europe Empire economy, worth 31.1 trillion Enpalios a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,811 Enpalios, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Economics is a shrinking field, the end of autumn is celebrated with a bonfire of designer bags, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, and Leader can often be found attempting to coax random citizens' cats down from trees. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Holy Europe Empire's national animal is the emperor falcon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Holy Europe Empire is ranked 200,926^th in the world and 1,166^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 40.12 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.