The Environmentalists of Monterey Bay Aquarium is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Julie Packard with an even hand, and notable for its avant-garde cinema, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful population of 23.317 billion Monterey Bay Aquarists 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great Tide Pool. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Monterey Bay Aquariumian economy, worth a remarkable 7,534 trillion kelps a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an amazing 323,148 kelps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, the government is spending millions on renovating the public transportation system, and heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste. Crime is totally unknown. Monterey Bay Aquarium's national animal is the sea otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Animism.

Monterey Bay Aquarium is ranked 92^nd in the world and 1^st in Monterey for Most Developed, scoring 99.98 on the Human Development Index.