The Incorporated States of Employees of the Month is a titanic, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ban on automobiles, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 15.752 billion Employees of the Month are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 25.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Employee of the Monthian economy, worth 572 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 36,330 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", criminals are really screwed, drug-related crimes carry the death penalty, and the nationalistic national anthem inspires citizens to literally spit at foreigners. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Employees of the Month's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Employees of the Month is ranked 308,650^th in the world and 2^nd in Republicans for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -7.07 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.