The Holy Empire of Paladani is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Supreme Bishop with an even hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 2.919 billion Paladanians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Holyland. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Paladanian economy, worth 443 trillion Paladanian Prayers a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 151,852 Paladanian Prayers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government subsidises medicines of mass destruction, private pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are given away freely by the government, business owners return from long vacations to find their factories have been turned into homeless shelters, and school children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Paladani's national animal is the Trinity Lamb, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Paladani is ranked 137,455^th in the world and 3,039^th in The North Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 4.66 kickbacks per hour.