The Holy Empire of The God-Distan is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory military service, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 277 million Imperial citizens 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Spirituality are also considered important, while Education and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.5%.

The all-consuming loyalist economy, worth 23.5 trillion imperial credits a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 84,833 imperial credits, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 261,536 per year while the poor average 21,243, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Parents plead with their children to consider prostitution instead of philosophy, suicide victims often leave behind cash to cover the cost of their fines, old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, and the nation's coasts have been left unprotected while the entire navy sits in Brasilistani waters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. The God-Distan's national animal is the emperor penguin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

The God-Distan is ranked 98,149^th in the world and 1^st in Defense League of Militant Convents for Largest Mining Sector, scoring 3,890.52 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.