The Commonwealth of Monson is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Richard Anderson Blackadder with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate population of 3.322 billion Monsonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Electroford. The average income tax rate is 68.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Monson economy, worth 306 trillion conkers a year, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,174 conkers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Human tissue is grown in vats as a delicacy as well as for transplants, relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, and war vets look after war animals. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monson's national animal is the black thundercat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Nostalgia.

Monson is ranked 52,188^th in the world and 3^rd in Lewisham for Most Influential, scoring 850 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.