The Holy Empire of The Templar Papal New State is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Augustus XVII with an iron fist, and notable for its national health service, zero percent divorce rate, and triple-decker prams. The cynical, devout population of 8.229 billion Papal Stateans 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Roma. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Templar Papal New Statean economy, worth a remarkable 1,446 trillion Papal Lire a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 175,725 Papal Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Distant and obscure male relatives succeed to the Templar Papal New Statean throne, parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and escaped birthday balloons are torpedoed out of the sky. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Templar Papal New State's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

The Templar Papal New State is ranked 7,158^th in the world and 145^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,926.18 pounds of wildlife per square mile.