The Penitential Wastelands of Diminix is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Holiest Father with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, national health service, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 25.942 billion faithful Catholics 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Girolamo. The average income tax rate is 36.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Diminixian economy, worth a remarkable 3,039 trillion dollars 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Uranium Mining and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 117,147 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Burning members of the Order of Violet is the nation's favorite pastime, the government invades its allies more than its enemies, public shaming has become the favoured form of punishment, and faithful Catholics incessantly needle their doctors for relief. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Diminix's national animal is the dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Diminix is ranked 287,662^nd in the world and 48^th in Regionless for Safest, scoring 4.53 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.