The Republic of Montanpique is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and public floggings. The hard-working, democratic population of 245 million Montanpiqueans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.6%.

The powerhouse Montanpiquean economy, worth 20.4 trillion peso montanpiqueanoes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 83,100 peso montanpiqueanoes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 245,629 per year while the poor average 22,095, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Racehorses move a lot slower these days, government-run screening operations remove embryos with severe genetic disorders, the "swords to plowshares" policy has created a generation of farmers that can kill a yak from 200 yards away, and fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Montanpique's national animal is the parrot.

Montanpique is ranked 104,959^th in the world and 1,918^th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,960.09 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.