The Bad Idea in Retrospect of Ennui On The Mountain is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Manager with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 34.028 billion Ennui On The Mountainians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal individuals prioritizes Industry, although Administration, Public Transport, and Environment are also considered important, while Social Policy and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yawn City. Income tax is unheard of.

The all-consuming Ennui On The Mountainian economy, worth a remarkable 2,498 trillion mehs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,435 mehs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, rude retail employees are now even ruder homeless panhandlers, and attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Ennui On The Mountain's national animal is the sloth, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ennui On The Mountain is ranked 319,729^th in the world and 8^th in Loamhedge for Most Developed, scoring 45.64 on the Human Development Index.