The Republic of Monteverde is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.552 billion Monteverdeans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The thriving Monteverdean economy, worth 338 trillion pesos a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 60,927 pesos, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 268,162 per year while the poor average 8,689, a ratio of 30.9 to 1.

Imprisonment is the leading cause of disownment, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, it is considered unpatriotic to learn a foreign language, and the studies of art and philosophy are banned. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Monteverde's national animal is the parrot.

Monteverde is ranked 147,402^nd in the world and 36^th in South America for Most Beautiful Environments, with 503.25 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.