The Holy Empire of Cerenual is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by God Emperor Silas with an iron fist, and renowned for its parental licensing program, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8.259 billion Cerenualians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrasil. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Cerenualian economy, worth 333 trillion Tempests a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Gambling, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 40,326 Tempests, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, the new coalition government has 99 problems and can't agree on how to fix one, many parents are becoming frustrated with their children's choices in spouses, and the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall. 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 186,111^th in the world and 1^st in Altie for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 212.41 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.