The Federation of Monotome is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 377 million Mesianers 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monotome Capital City. The average income tax rate is 29.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Monotomean economy, worth 20.9 trillion mezins a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,407 mezins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Subsidisation of Big Pharma has stopped many corporate executives from having to sell their second homes, helping grandma with her Misgendering 101 homework is a national rite of passage, spoiler warnings are now given out before political speeches, and pawn shop reality shows dominate basic cable. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monotome's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Monotome is ranked 152,595^th in the world and 354^th in A Taco Paradise for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 706.57 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.