The Holy Empire of Paladani is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Supreme Bishop with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, rampant corporate plagiarism, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, devout population of 2.98 billion Paladanians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holyland. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Paladanian economy, worth 450 trillion Paladanian Prayers a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,228 Paladanian Prayers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Long-wed spouses often regret proposals they made when they were twenty, businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up, the new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, and advertisers are struggling to make water sound cool to a twitchy public. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paladani's national animal is the Trinity Lamb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Paladani is ranked 19,991^st in the world and 808^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 280.15 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.