The Incorporated States of Palaiologos Dynasty is a very large, safe nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, infamous sell-swords, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 383 million Ρωμαίοι 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Κωνσταντινουπόλης. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.0%.

The ρωμαϊκός economy, worth 19.2 trillion Δενάριαs a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 50,117 Δενάριαs, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, ρωμαϊκός novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Leader, Palaiologos Dynasty has designated Κωνσταντινουπόλης as its capital city, and the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Palaiologos Dynasty's national animal is the Δικέφαλος Αετός, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Palaiologos Dynasty is ranked 145,583^rd in the world and 3^rd in The Sunset Refuge for Most Developed, scoring 55.92 on the Human Development Index.