The United Socialist States of Astolfotopia is a large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 85 million Montianities have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 46.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Montianitie economy, worth 3.58 trillion Montianitie Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 42,167 Montianitie Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Unpopular cops are fired at a moment's notice by the citizens they police, prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators, restaurateurs put a lot of effort into persuading customers to accept wafer-thin mints, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astolfotopia's national animal is the Montianitie Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Astolfotopia is ranked 225,914^th in the world and 143^rd in Isle Of Wooloo Kingdom for Largest Black Market, with 2.90 billion Standard Monetary Units.