The Holy Empire of The papal estate is a very large, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, pith helmet sales, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 102 million catholics are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Spirituality, although Law & Order, Industry, and Defense are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.1%.

The powerhouse papal estatean economy, worth 8.75 trillion Indulgence buy ur ways out of hell a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Soda Sales, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,778 Indulgence buy ur ways out of hell, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 465,036 per year while the poor average 8,165, a ratio of 57.0 to 1.

Prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on papal estatean roads, tax avoidance is a serious affair, and door-to-door salesmen are frequently beaten up by 'vigilantes'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The papal estate's national animal is the the papel crown, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The papal estate is ranked 110,310^th in the world and 184^th in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Most Cultured, scoring 66 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.