The Holy See of Episcopis is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Pope Raymond with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.127 billion Episcopisians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vatican City. The average income tax rate is 58.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Episcopisian economy, worth 170 trillion leons a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,430 leons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, demand for gourmet white truffles is on the rise, the well-to-do in SimDemocracy are never on time for important appointments, and those on cloud nine have been relocated to cloud negative six. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Episcopis's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Episcopis is ranked 41,111^th in the world and 8^th in SimDemocracy for Nicest Citizens, with 18.34 average smiles per day.