The Holy Empire of Muunch is a mid-sized, cultured nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 75 million Muunchians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 41.9%.

The strong Muunchian economy, worth 3.91 trillion Ivories a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 52,069 Ivories, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 196,331 per year while the poor average 9,622, a ratio of 20.4 to 1.

Small shoes often wash up on the beach, card collectors duel to the death, the nation has nearly as many history museums as Muunchians, and academics are questioning the quality of the nation's newly-reprinted science textbooks. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Muunch's national animal is the Dove, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Muunch is ranked 274,745^th in the world and 7^th in Vaagot Land for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring zero on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.