The Dominion of Providentium is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its digital currency, enslaved workforce, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 625 million Providentians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Providence City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.3%.

The thriving Providentiumian economy, worth 53.3 trillion souls a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 85,292 souls, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens must have a license to operate a computer, the tools of the trade for landmine clearance appear to be copious amounts of gasoline and a box of matches, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Providentium's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Providentium is ranked 113,667^th in the world and 4^th in Chaldea for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 2,838.07 on the Hickory Productivity Index.