The Holy Dominion of 2053 is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by PT with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 7.551 billion 2053ians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Distinct Unit. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.5%.

The frighteningly efficient 2053ian economy, worth a remarkable 3,030 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 401,293 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,364,225 per year while the poor average 9,183, a ratio of 366 to 1.

Acknowledgement of minority groups is usually a Trojan horse, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, some achieve retirement and some have retirement thrust upon them, and authorities are looking for a stool pigeon to rat out who is stealing food from pigeon toilets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. 2053's national animal is the Erzat's Rat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Blowing stuff up.

2053 is ranked 45,513^th in the world and 3^rd in Aspen for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 3,321.98 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.