The Monkcestrian Republic of Monkchester is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Lord President George Fenwick with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 4.56 billion Monkcestrians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monkchester. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 30.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Monkcestrian economy, worth 565 trillion Monkcestrian pennies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is an impressive 124,068 Monkcestrian pennies, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 846,959 per year while the poor average 6,584, a ratio of 128 to 1.

Lord President George Fenwick is quite hard to get a hold of, politicians have literally dirty hands from their extracurricular activities, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, and the government is seen to favor traditionalist religions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monkchester's national animal is the worm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is a major religion.

Monkchester is ranked 141,481^st in the world and 1^st in Jesmond for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,746.63 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.