The Stratocracy of Monarche is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Veros Atarka with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, flagrant waste-dumping, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 8.84 billion montirae are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Education, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyriangrad. The average income tax rate is 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Monarchai economy, worth a remarkable 2,262 trillion Aurums a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 255,919 Aurums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Reddish-brown is the new black, exterminator companies deploy nerve gas in turf wars, ten-year-olds are applying for lemonade stand operator licences, and the government-sponsored autobiography 'A Veros Atarka For All Seasons' has only been bought by the most loyal of Veros Atarka's supporters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monarche's national animal is the Leviathan, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Gen'a'Tyr.

Monarche is ranked 47,313^th in the world and 2,363^rd in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.