The Empire of Moncor is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Azariel with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, parental licensing program, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed population of 1.041 billion Moncorians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Luparia. The average income tax rate is 33.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Moncorian economy, worth 145 trillion Moncorian dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 139,735 Moncorian dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy, major cities are suffering under water rationing, the nation's nuclear defence policy is to "turn the other cheek", and families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Moncor's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Moncor is ranked 8,464^th in the world and 8^th in The Axis of Evil for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 92,784.25 Standard Monetary Units.