The Theocracy of Serephia is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 88 million Serephians 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, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 55.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Serephian economy, worth 2.42 trillion rubles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 27,456 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The police double as repo men, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, the military will start wars with other nations on a lark, and excessive gerrymandering has earned Serephia the nickname 'The Democratic Dictatorship'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Serephia's national animal is the falcon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Serephia is ranked 214,514^th in the world and 5,033^rd in the Rejected Realms for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 30.82 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.