The Empire of Desolate Mountains is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, national health service, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, devout population of 10.742 billion Desolate Mountainsians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 29.6%.

The strong Desolate Mountainsian economy, worth 668 trillion taus a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 62,234 taus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

Tardiness has increased after carpooling was classified as a criminal offense, every workday begins with group therapy, recognizing the Desolate Mountainsian flag qualifies you for citizenship, and every week is blindness awareness week. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Desolate Mountains's national animal is the crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Desolate Mountains is ranked 128,625^th in the world and 5^th in International Network of Nations for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 593.76 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.