The Holy Empire of Leo XIII is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Pope Leo XIII with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, zero percent divorce rate, and public floggings. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.667 billion Leonites are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vatican City. The average income tax rate is 49.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Leonite economy, worth 289 trillion Lira Vaticanas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 108,418 Lira Vaticanas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Thousands of cute furry kittens are trampling everything in their path (Leo XIII has found 1 easter egg), reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, and oracles predict landslide victories for Pope Leo XIII for the next 50 years. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Leo XIII's national animal is the Corgi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Leo XIII is ranked 55,707^th in the world and 1^st in American Solidarity Party for Highest Average Incomes, with 108,418.59 Standard Monetary Units.