The Republic of Holyia is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.228 billion Holyians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Holyian economy, worth 163 trillion lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,555 lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park, ancient antique swords have had their blades replaced with latex boffer LARP replicas, the Gallery of Instasnap is the most popular museum in the country, and the Holyia Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Holyia's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Holyia is ranked 168,919^th in the world and 7,058^th in Lazarus for Largest Populations, with 2.23 billion capita.