The Federal Republic of Monolfia is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 3.95 billion Monolfians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Esgothan. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Monolfian economy, worth 532 trillion paws a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 134,917 paws, with the richest citizens earning 9.2 times as much as the poorest.

Bald-headed monks sit around the National Meditation Park looking smugly content, terrorists who are 17th cousins with the ex-wives of half-brothers of citizens are now exempt from the immigration ban, milk often tastes of pea, and soldiers are slaughtered in their thousands due to lack of training. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monolfia's national animal is the bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Monolfia is ranked 14,660^th in the world and 2^nd in Sigma Wolf for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 4,151.96 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.