The Principality of Monk Slania is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, state-planned economy, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, devout population of 2.227 billion Monk Slanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Monk Slanian economy, worth 187 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 84,402 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People with hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia faint upon diagnosis, petting zoos have loose fingers strewn about, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monk Slania's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Monk Slania is ranked 320,820^th in the world and 41^st in Nevadia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 5,739.4 Standard Monetary Units.