The Holy Empire of Byzant is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Justinian and Theodora with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, national health service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 41.713 billion Byzantians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Constantinople. The average income tax rate is 4.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Byzantian economy, worth a remarkable 8,684 trillion bezants a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 208,200 bezants, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's healthcare system has taken a "survival of the fittest" approach in administering care, nobody is forced to join the armed forces, the stacked neck-ring is this season's hottest fashion item, and "Idol-Worship for the Apathetic" workshops are cancelled when no-one bothers to show up. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Byzant's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Orthodoxy.

Byzant is ranked 1,194^th in the world and 36^th in the Rejected Realms for Nicest Citizens, with 89.06 average smiles per day.