The Essene Tribe of The White-Robed Monks is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Abbot Mencius Merton with an iron fist, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 42.1 billion The White-Robed Monks 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 enormous, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Migdal. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The White-Robed Monksian economy, worth a remarkable 1,398 trillion topaz rings a year, is highly specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 33,225 topaz rings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Getting an infected tattoo is considered a rite of passage in The White-Robed Monks, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, a firework a day does not in fact keep the doctor away, and stony-faced prosecutors play loud gangster rap music during court proceedings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The White-Robed Monks's national animal is the Dove, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Essene Zen Tao.

The White-Robed Monks is ranked 145,374^th in the world and 37^th in Mercenary Lands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.41 law-abiding acts per hour.