The Rat Papacy of The Holy Rat is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Rat Pope Zephyrinus with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, fear of technology, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.169 billion Rats 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Rattican. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 64.2%.

The all-consuming Ratish economy, worth 117 trillion Papal Soliduses a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 100,734 Papal Soliduses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 447,289 per year while the poor average 14,144, a ratio of 31.6 to 1.

The clergy of Ratholicism remains a single-sex institution, official medical guidelines insist that childbirth is 'almost totally painless', mantis shrimp studies is academia's fastest-growing field, and the hills are alive with the smell of burning flesh. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Holy Rat's national animal is the Rat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Ratholicism.

The Holy Rat is ranked 290,837^th in the world and 10,192^nd in The East Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 5.9 Obesity Rate.