The Maritime Empire of Montessia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the supreme captain with an even hand, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.456 billion Montessians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of portosole. The average income tax rate is 12.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Montessian economy, worth 321 trillion doubloons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 130,817 doubloons, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, people who eat pizza with lactase supplements are arrested by the flavour police, pirates armed with sonar-guided semi-autonomous torpedos and laser weapons systems are often seen capturing fishing trawlers, and piracy is the nation's most popular pastime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Montessia's national animal is the whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is none.

Montessia is ranked 41,081^st in the world and 7^th in The Empire of Walbard for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,203.56 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.