The Holy Empire of The Almighty Mare is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Ridem Cowboy with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 46.87 billion Almighty Mares are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Plainsville. The average income tax rate is 24.7%.

The very strong Almighty economy, worth a remarkable 2,820 trillion saddles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Retail, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 60,167 saddles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Political scientists despair as the national mascot election eclipses all others in voter enthusiasm, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, all new "spies" are fifteen-year-old acne-ridden kids on computers, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. The Almighty Mare's national animal is the crock-a-rere, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Catholicism.

The Almighty Mare is ranked 113,931^st in the world and 2^nd in Vatican II for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,928.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.