The Holy Empire of Persestersa is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The devout population of 300 million Persestersans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 24.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Persestersan economy, worth 27.5 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,797 marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Girls who wear lipstick are berated for pandering to male gazes, penurious citizens die from easily remedied ailments because they aren't 'taking enough initiative', many Persestersans struggle to find outlets for their pent-up competitive juices, and lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Persestersa's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Persestersa is ranked 239,426^th in the world and 13^th in The Global Elite for Largest Populations, with 300 million capita.