The Community of Holy Roman Commune is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 879 million Holy Roman Communeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aachen. The average income tax rate is 83.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Holy Roman Communean economy, worth 43.9 trillion Thalers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 49,980 Thalers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The best defense is a good fence, education is transforming people into first-rate snobs, a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, and in musicals everybody's a little bit racist. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Holy Roman Commune's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Holy Roman Commune is ranked 189,017^th in the world and 830^th in Europe for Most Corrupt Governments, with 2 kickbacks per hour.