The Commonwealth of The Montanans is a massive, safe nation, ruled by President Joseph Marland with an even hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, complete absence of social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 2.848 billion Montanans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Helena. The average income tax rate is 77.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Montanan economy, worth 401 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 141,091 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are refusing to stock A Midsummer Night's Dream because it has an ass in it, the housing market has collapsed like an overbaked Brancalandian souffle, national surveys report that bellies are getting fuller while heads are getting emptier, and nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Montanans's national animal is the White-Tailed Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

The Montanans is ranked 17,399^th in the world and 396^th in The East Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.04 law-abiding acts per hour.