The Holy Empire of The Papal Catholic States is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pope-Emperor Pius XIII with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.586 billion Papists 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Vatican City State. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Papist economy, worth 209 trillion Papal Crowns a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,065 Papal Crowns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Aspiring authors begrudgingly help proofread issue submissions (The Papal Catholic States has found 2 easter eggs), the television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned, and five-hundred-twenty-five-thousand-six-hundred revivals is how theatre-goers measure a year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Papal Catholic States's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

The Papal Catholic States is ranked 226,213^th in the world and 9,354^th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 67.84 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.