The Holy Empire of The Templar Papal New State is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Augustus XVII with an iron fist, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and zero percent divorce rate. The cynical, devout population of 9.496 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 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Templar Papal New Statean economy, worth a remarkable 1,659 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 174,810 Papal Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, directors of low-budget sci-fi films are flocking to use Roma as a backdrop, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and the government byline is that a media campaign a day keeps international criticism at bay. 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 296,063^rd in the world and 1,194^th in Europe for Most Primitive, scoring -264.13 on the Scary Big Number Scale.