The Empire of Monroe Hill is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Her Majesty Empress Eléonore with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 8.707 billion Monroeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alpes-Maritimes. The average income tax rate is 69.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Monroean Hill economy, worth a remarkable 2,487 trillion Francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 285,637 Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The first sword of Monroe Hill does not run, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', and black tea is only available on the black market. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monroe Hill's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Messianic.

Monroe Hill is ranked 326,802^nd in the world and 43^rd in New United Kingdom of Albion for Least Corrupt Governments, with 18.76 percentage of bribes refused.