The Holy Commune of Camari is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Violet Dredge with an iron fist, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, compulsory military service, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.446 billion Monkies are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Camas City. The average income tax rate is 88.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Monkie economy, worth 160 trillion Camphrs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 111,296 Camphrs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Posters remind people that 'Hoarding Mushrooms Is Theft', Monkies caught jaywalking often have their houses seized by the police, children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, and candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Camari's national animal is the Ape, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Violetism.

Camari is ranked 9,508^th in the world and 165^th in the West Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,640.11 pounds of wildlife per square mile.