The Commonwealth of Monte Naranja is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Executive Council of State with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.081 billion Monte Naranjans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lesser Lagro. The average income tax rate is 79.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Monte Naranjan economy, worth 114 trillion shillings a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 106,069 shillings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The rich tend their gardens inside gated urban farming communities, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, and the children of Monte Naranja are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monte Naranja's national animal is the dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Monte Naranja is ranked 154,163^rd in the world and 800^th in Europe for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring -1.18 on the Hickory Productivity Index.