The Holy Empire of Reltia is a huge, orderly nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 245 million Reltians 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 Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 29.9%.

The powerhouse Reltian economy, worth 21.0 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,880 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Fruit market traders let their stock spoil rather than reduce their prices at the day's end, lawyers turn down litigation cases and corporate work in order to focus on lucrative public defence work, kilts and cassocks are viewed with suspicion, and parents are really careful to pick the right gun for their kids' birthdays. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reltia's national animal is the Cassowary, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Reltia is ranked 225,758^th in the world and 3,551^st in the Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 6.84 average smiles per day.