The Most Serene Republic of Second Byzantium is a massive, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 1.442 billion Romans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 43.8%.

The very strong Second Byzantiumian economy, worth 85.0 trillion Royal Marks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 58,926 Royal Marks, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, the government is pouring money into 'Operation Enduring Democracy', internet moderator is one of the most popular jobs among the nation's more socially awkward citizens, and the government pours millions of Royal Marks into rehabilitation programs annually. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Second Byzantium's national animal is the Phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Second Byzantium is ranked 264,393^rd in the world and 22^nd in Theoretically Debatable for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.2 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.