The Principality of Mount Livermore is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its restrictive gun laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 3.945 billion Mount Livermoreans enjoy frequent elections, which are uniformly corrupted by big-spending corporations buying politicians who best suit their interests.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.7%.

The very strong Mount Livermorean economy, worth 223 trillion triqs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is 56,776 triqs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 281,358 per year while the poor average 6,496, a ratio of 43.3 to 1.

All major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Mount Livermore's national animal is the salmon, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Mount Livermore is ranked 156,794^th in the world and 536^th in United States of America for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.