The Monkey Business of Time to Lock in is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.27 billion Time to Lock inians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Spirituality, although Defense is also considered important, while Public Transport and Social Policy receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The very strong Time to Lock inian economy, worth 79.7 trillion Monies a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 62,783 Monies, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 343,578 per year while the poor average 5,856, a ratio of 58.7 to 1.

Skateboarding is the only legal way to travel, illicit spice trade makes desert merchants wrangling worms blush, oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires, and prison visits increase substantially during election years. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Time to Lock in's national animal is the Dog, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Time to Lock in is ranked 269,601^st in the world and 2^nd in Lock in for Largest Black Market, with 101 billion Standard Monetary Units.