The Federated Union of Montagway is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Günter Klaus Hendrik with an even hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, parental licensing program, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, devout population of 2.907 billion Montagwayians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monta. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Montagwayian economy, worth 291 trillion Slinks a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 100,349 Slinks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, CEOs and corporate executives are frequently found striking for better stock options, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", and neighboring nations are tired of Montagway's big fish stories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Montagway's national animal is the Arctic Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Montagway is ranked 49,620^th in the world and 93^rd in Fifth Empire for Highest Poor Incomes, with 55,638.97 Standard Monetary Units.