The Byzantine Empire of Constantinolia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Andronikos VI with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 4.053 billion Byzantines are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The tiny, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Spirituality, although Defense, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Constantinople. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Byzantine economy, worth 541 trillion hyperpyrons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 133,706 hyperpyrons, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Money always talks but the taboo subject of death just brings silence, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, only "purebloods" are allowed in the nicer parts of town, and the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Constantinolia's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Constantinolia is ranked 115,392^nd in the world and 5,896^th in The North Pacific for Most Income Equality, scoring 14.94 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.