The Grand Republics of Montecore is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Council of Captains-Regent with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, unlimited-speed roads, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-working, cynical population of 4.768 billion Montecoreans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Castelia. The average income tax rate is 25.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Montecorean economy, worth 884 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 185,593 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, private surgeons have been told to cut it out, birth rates have hit an all-time low, and the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Montecore's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Montecore is ranked 12,695^th in the world and 6^th in Outpost 338 for Most Developed, scoring 89.04 on the Human Development Index.