The Republic of Mons Graupius is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 737 million Scots hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dùn Èideann. The average income tax rate is 78.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Scottish economy, worth 37.7 trillion Merks a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is 51,158 Merks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Legal contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, copyright laws have been abolished, and the number of students attending university has reached a record high. Crime is totally unknown. Mons Graupius's national animal is the Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Mons Graupius is ranked 196,921^st in the world and 870^th in Europe for Largest Black Market, with 23.2 billion Standard Monetary Units.