The Pontifex maximus was the high priest of ancient Rome, with political and religious authority. One of their many duties include:
Maintaining the Roman calendar.
To maintain the pax deorum or "peace of the gods."
The regulation of the public morals, and fining and punishing offending parties.
Decimation was a form of Roman military discipline in which every tenth soldier were to be executed by his cohort. The Cohort(s) would be divided into groups of 10 who will then draw straws to be the "lucky" winner. The remaining nine recieved barley rations and must encamp outside for a while.
The Roman Pomerium was a invisible religious and legal boundary inside the city of Rome. This boundary has many restrictions including:
It is illegal to carry weapons weapons within the pomerium.
Crossing the Pomerium at any other point besides the designated gates is punishable by death...
The traditional motto of the United States was E Pluribus Enum, "Out of many, one." until 1956 where it was changed to "In God We Trust." as a means of distinguishing itself from its atheistic rival the Soviet Union. It has remained that way since.
What we need is a modern day Papal State that...