The Federal Village of MountAye is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Villager with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 5.89 billion MountAyers hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tsingtao. The average income tax rate is 41.4%.

The frighteningly efficient MountAyean economy, worth a remarkable 1,071 trillion bottle caps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 181,913 bottle caps, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

The only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, an increasing number of animal species are named 'Bob', the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, and a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to MountAyean politicians. Crime is totally unknown. MountAye's national animal is the sea dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Philosophy of Science.

MountAye is ranked 92,458^th in the world and 58^th in Philosophers for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,621.46 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.