The County of Monte Cristo is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Count Carlo with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 21.377 billion Monte Cristans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Monte Cristo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.1%.

The very strong Monte Cristoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,195 trillion euros a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 55,929 euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 169,922 per year while the poor average 14,302, a ratio of 11.9 to 1.

Monte Cristo has designated Monte Cristo as its capital city, Count Carlo has just been declared ruler of Monte Cristo in an international press conference, Roman Catholicism has been named as Monte Cristo's national religion, and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Monte Cristo's national animal is the lion and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Monte Cristo is ranked 160,905^th in the world and 18^th in Northumbria for Largest Black Market, with 970 billion Standard Monetary Units.