The Holy Empire of Popio is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lucius Artorius Castus with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 4.975 billion Popioans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vinland. The average income tax rate is 76.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Popioan economy, worth 472 trillion Bitcoins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 94,889 Bitcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, autocrats are persona non grata, the new Liquor Legitimacy Office is besieged with job applications from people who have experience in "statistical sampling methods", and blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Popio's national animal is the Dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Popio is ranked 259,156^th in the world and 4,358^th in The East Pacific for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.73 kickbacks per hour.