The Holy Empire of Imperii Ecclesia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Petrus I with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 12.047 billion Imperials 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nova Roma. The average income tax rate is 92.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Imperii Ecclesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,469 trillion Descuses a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,976 Descuses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Many are asking why the latest naval vessel is named after Saint Bartholomeus the Many Handed, Imperials believe a soft answer turneth away wrath but punitive punishment is much more fun, students do more community service than homework, and government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Imperii Ecclesia's national animal is the Lamb, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Imperii Ecclesia is ranked 10,391^st in the world and 11^th in Right to Life for Lowest Crime Rates, with 100.32 law-abiding acts per hour.