The Catholic Democracy of Holy Paradise is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic, humorless, devout population of 17.665 billion Holy Paradiseans 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 medium-sized, outspoken government prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense is also considered important, while Social Policy and Healthcare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paradisium. The average income tax rate is 35.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Holy Paradisean economy, worth a remarkable 1,726 trillion denariis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,726 denariis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, ample hospital parking is half-filled by the luxury cars of hospital managers, the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of Holy Paradisean democracy, and Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Holy Paradise's national animal is the Pelican, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Holy Paradise is ranked 332,594^th in the world and 377^th in Christians for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -35.36 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.