The Environmentalists of Monterey Bay Aquarium is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Julie Packard with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and exploding hoverboards. The compassionate, cheerful population of 28.665 billion Monterey Bay Aquarists 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great Tide Pool. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Monterey Bay Aquariumian economy, worth a remarkable 9,687 trillion kelps a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 337,962 kelps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenagers often ask adults to buy them Maxtopian Grass from government-run recreational drug stores, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, anti-government political posters adorn every building like wallpaper, and public loudspeakers constantly tell citizens they are "happy people". Crime is totally unknown. Monterey Bay Aquarium's national animal is the sea otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Animism.

Monterey Bay Aquarium is ranked 294,770^th in the world and 4^th in Monterey for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 13.77 on the Bus Surprisal Index.