The Holy Order of Unitum Certamen is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Holy Mother of the Divine with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, flagrant waste-dumping, and national health service. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.592 billion Devout are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Holy City of New Antioch. The average income tax rate is 83.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Devout economy, worth 207 trillion Shillings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 130,283 Shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Abortions are carried out secretly in shady backstreet clinics, Devout ask their doctors whether chili peppers are right for them, new drivers are driving the nation into a budget hole, and a generation of children conceived in hell and born in strife is growing up inside government-run care villages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Unitum Certamen's national animal is the Lamb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The True Faith of the Light.

Unitum Certamen is ranked 9,130^th in the world and 16^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 4,788.16 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.