The Apostolic Peaks of Mount Scarab is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.395 billion Mount Scarabians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56.9%.

The all-consuming Mount Scarabian economy, worth 120 trillion Territorial Talers a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,494 Territorial Talers, with the richest citizens earning 7.6 times as much as the poorest.

The government is seen to favor traditionalist religions, shivering secretaries type letters under torrential downpours in open-roof offices, people who stay late at the office often come home to find their own funeral being planned, and government employees have reverted to carrier pigeon due to never-ending virus scans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mount Scarab's national animal is the Territorial Doggo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Mount Scarab is ranked 158,516^th in the world and 2^nd in Lonely Mountain for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 812.9 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.