The Holy Empire of Muunch is a tiny, cultured nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, restrictive gun laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 14 million Muunchians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 33.2%.

The strong Muunchian economy, worth 715 billion Ivories a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is 51,087 Ivories, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 216,313 per year while the poor average 7,794, a ratio of 27.8 to 1.

Visions of giant pink Doves are a common side effect after Muunchians eat their meals, red tape is the only thing longer than medication inserts, cigarettes are dead-cheap, and people are always able to look each other in the eye. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Muunch's national animal is the Dove, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Muunch is ranked 163,900^th in the world and 5^th in Vaagot Land for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 680.94 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.