The Basic Land of Mountain MTG is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its teetotalling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.839 billion Mountain MTGians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Mountain MTGian economy, worth 272 trillion Manas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 95,956 Manas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and tweenage nobles order army regiments to do their homework for them. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mountain MTG's national animal is the Card, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mountain MTG is ranked 245,894^th in the world and 39^th in MTG TCG for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -4.69 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.