The Democratic Republic of Montangia is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 242 million Montangians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 48.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Montangian economy, worth 14.6 trillion Monts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 60,469 Monts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every spring railroad foundations erode to reveal human remains, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, and police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Montangia's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Montangia is ranked 107,175^th in the world and 4,616^th in the South Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 1,329.35 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.