The City of Monterey is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Mike McCarthy with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, complete lack of prisons, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate population of 14.503 billion Montereyians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of City Hall. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Montereyian economy, worth a remarkable 3,138 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 216,411 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, large sections of Monterey have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, and the nation locks people up and tells them they're mad for compassion's sake. Crime is totally unknown. Monterey's national animal is the otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Paganism.

Monterey is ranked 8,910^th in the world and 2^nd in Monterey for Lowest Crime Rates, with 103.25 law-abiding acts per hour.