The Glorious Imperium of The Sinistress is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Your Imperiatrix the Sinistress with an iron fist, and notable for its parental licensing program, conspicuous electricity pylons, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, cheerful, devout population of 45.779 billion subjects of the Sinistress are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The relatively small, corrupt, liberal, well-organized government prioritizes Education, with Industry and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sinistress Citadel. The average income tax rate is 15.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sinister economy, worth an astonishing 19,844 trillion diamonds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 433,485 diamonds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments, orphans would rather live their life of luxury than be adopted by prospective parents, and X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low. Crime is totally unknown. The Sinistress's national animal is the butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Sinistress worship.

The Sinistress is ranked 2,799^th in the world and 1^st in Subreality for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 14,144.46 on the Gilded Widget Scale.