The Empire of America Romana is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its closed borders, zero percent divorce rate, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 339 million Romans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 48.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Roman economy, worth 14.2 trillion Aureis a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,795 Aureis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenagers claim that morning paper rounds are performance art, cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, schoolchildren's "what I did on my holidays" essays tend to be somewhat homogeneous, and Roman companies generally just fire employees in lieu of giving them vacation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. America Romana's national animal is the Bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

America Romana is ranked 236,776^th in the world and 37^th in Byzantion for Largest Populations, with 339 million capita.