The Commonwealth of The Montanans is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Joseph Marland with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 2.986 billion Montanans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helena. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Montanan economy, worth 426 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 142,837 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is relieved that all of the recent madness has finally come to an end, the standard prescription for infertility-causing conditions is "go have a baby", administrative districts are increasingly defined by their taste in housing architecture, and prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Montanans's national animal is the White-Tailed Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

The Montanans is ranked 5,189^th in the world and 115^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 59.87 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.