The Country of Monotome is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Dan with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 5.086 billion Meaners 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monotome Capital City. The average income tax rate is 22.1%.

The powerhouse Monotomean economy, worth 443 trillion mezins a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 87,135 mezins, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

You can be fired for dyeing grey hairs, mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation, armed security details escort librarians to their homes, and weird or unusual crimes merit cruel and unusual punishments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monotome's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Golden Cat.

Monotome is ranked 149,645^th in the world and 89^th in 10000 Islands for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring 72.5 on the Hayek Index.