The Holy Empire of Stata Pontificia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Isabela María de los Dolores Pedrares with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ritual sacrifices, flagrant waste-dumping, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.356 billion Marianans 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Industry are also considered important, while Environment and Education aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Selene. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 74.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Marianan economy, worth a remarkable 1,977 trillion lire a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 369,125 lire, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Colonial subjects have Marianan culture shoved down their throats, whales in captivity live in little more than glorified goldfish bowls, foreign militaries are taking a particular interest in the nation's abandoned borders and cities, and government statistics suggest 115% of the population love Isabela María de los Dolores Pedrares. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Stata Pontificia's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Stata Pontificia is ranked 285,583^rd in the world and 80^th in Kerbals of the North for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 2.25 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.