The Oxymoronic Holy Red Empire of A Benevolent Dictatorship is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Caesarius Aeternus with an iron fist, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 8.47 billion Dictatae enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Romulae. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.7%.

The powerhouse Dictated economy, worth 739 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. Average income is 87,351 guilders, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 326,015 per year while the poor average 16,405, a ratio of 19.9 to 1.

The "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches, warfare increasingly resembles a video game, beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, and passengers often cause a stink on public transport. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. A Benevolent Dictatorship's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Freedom.

A Benevolent Dictatorship is ranked 31,916^th in the world and 4^th in The Celestial Archipelago for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 5,038.6 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.