The Holy Empire of Cerenual is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 3.169 billion Cerenualians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 84.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Cerenualian economy, worth 100 trillion Tempests a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 31,715 Tempests, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

4-year-olds are often found reminiscing about the 'good old days', customs turn away those considered to have an unfavourable ethnicity, cricket farmers use magnifying glasses to fit every member of their herd with tiny tracking tags, and doctors fax when they need facts fast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cerenual's national animal is the Glorious Fae, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cerenual is ranked 204,311^th in the world and 3^rd in Altie for Safest, scoring 37.93 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.