The Commonwealth of Monianoli is a colossal, orderly nation, renowned for its conspicuous electricity pylons, infamous sell-swords, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 8.014 billion Monianolians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is effectively ruled by the Department of Industry, with Defense and Administration also on the agenda, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Monianolian economy, worth a remarkable 3,839 trillion Kols a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Average income is an amazing 479,096 Kols, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,484,375 per year while the poor average 4,349, a ratio of 1,031 to 1.

Homeowners on prime real estate have been seen dodging giant bulldozers with cartoon characters painted on them, warfare increasingly resembles a video game, the legislature keeps promising "more study" of corruption allegations against the parliamentary whip system, and pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Monianoli's national animal is the Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Monianoli is ranked 101^st in the world and 5^th in the Rejected Realms for Fattest Citizens, with 98.05 Obesity Rate.