The Empire of The Roman Legions is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 300 million Italians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 29.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Italian economy, worth 15.4 trillion Lire Italianes 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Trout Farming, Book Publishing, Cheese 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 51,357 Lire Italianes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

International humanitarian organisations are applauding the government for ending the death penalty, the banhammer is a standard police sidearm, mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of Aquilas and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry, and emojis are the soul of wit. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Roman Legions's national animal is the Aquila, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Roman Legions is ranked 239,642^nd in the world and 193^rd in The Black Hawks for Largest Populations, with 300 million capita.