The Sole and Holy Papacy of Il Borgia Vaticano is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pope Soter II with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 19.81 billion Catholics 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Vatican. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Catholic economy, worth a remarkable 4,454 trillion Reales a year, is highly specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 224,869 Reales, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

Home renovation projects take decades to complete, veteran cops reminisce over their heavy armor days, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, and the children of Il Borgia Vaticano are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Il Borgia Vaticano's national animal is the Borgia Bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Roman Catholic Church.

Il Borgia Vaticano is ranked 129^th in the world and 1^st in Res Publica Catholicae Borgiae for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 26,410.73 on the Gilded Widget Scale.