The Holy Empire of The Heavenly Protectorate is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Saint Alexander The Unforgiving with an iron fist, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.7 billion Heavenly Protectorateans 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Cathedral. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Heavenly Protectoratean economy, worth 941 trillion Gold Marks 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. 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 165,151 Gold Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero, punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements, politicians that report exaggerated crowd sizes for their speeches are dismissed for being delusional, and the army consists of only generals and grunts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Heavenly Protectorate's national animal is the Roman Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Orthodox.

The Heavenly Protectorate is ranked 30,961^st in the world and 1,842^nd in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,568.86 on the Gilded Widget Scale.