The Holy Empire of The Heavenly Protectorate is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Saint Alexander The Unforgiving with an iron fist, and remarkable for its avant-garde cinema, avowedly heterosexual populace, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 5.646 billion Heavenly Protectorateans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Great Cathedral. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Heavenly Protectoratean economy, worth 932 trillion Gold Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 165,162 Gold Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown, Bambi has been banned, being sent to collections is more dangerous than ever, and a nickname of "Doctor Death" probably indicates a decorated war hero. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Heavenly Protectorate's national animal is the Roman Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Orthodox.

The Heavenly Protectorate is ranked 75,509^th in the world and 2,901^st in Lazarus for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,896 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.