The Untitled Empire of Monolithum is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Phillips de Jesus with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 7.817 billion Monolithumians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cendres. The average income tax rate is 87.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Monolithumian economy, worth a remarkable 1,221 trillion Myths a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 156,272 Myths, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, the "do ya feel lucky, punk?" scene is on the core syllabus at the National Police Academy, young people avoid opening doors for the elderly with impunity, and digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monolithum's national animal is the Monolithumian Swan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Monolithum is ranked 16,278^th in the world and 41^st in The League for Most Cultured, scoring 94 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.