The Democratic Republic of The Mountain District is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.227 billion Mountaineers are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 56.4%.

The very strong Mountainese economy, worth 84.7 trillion francs a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,031 francs, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Where your food came from is an unknowable mystery, healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, tumbleweeds are seen blowing through the nation's airspace, and some magnifier-wielding Mountaineers say Leader seems a little lacking in something. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Mountain District's national animal is the goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Mountain District is ranked 258,361^st in the world and 144^th in Community for Safest, scoring 13.9 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.