The Monastic Republic of Dylar is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Monastic Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 19.292 billion Dylarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Kolbesburg. The average income tax rate is 90.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Dylarian economy, worth a remarkable 2,301 trillion coins a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 119,313 coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bicyclists are banned from major roads, the government's new 'Crime Can Fight Itself' policy appears to be backfiring rather badly, the best defense is a good fence, and the Dylarian Arts Council pays teenagers to sit through opera performances. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dylar's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Dylar is ranked 308,370^th in the world and 11,869^th in Balder for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -17.39 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.