The Monastery of The Monks of Liberty is a gargantuan, safe nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, aversion to nipples, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 15.434 billion Monks enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shangri-La. The average income tax rate is 5.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The a Monk economy, worth a remarkable 1,068 trillion Nirvanas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 69,222 Nirvanas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Stolen Reuben sandwiches are met with detailed and thorough police investigations, large areas of The Monks of Liberty are not accessible by the public, things are looking up for patients accidentally prescribed erectile dysfunction medication, and the constant playing of Merry Birthday on a Monk radio has led to calls for the song to be classified as a crime against humanity. Crime is totally unknown. The Monks of Liberty's national animal is the Monkfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Buddhism.

The Monks of Liberty is ranked 143,202^nd in the world and 331^st in Refugia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 61.58 law-abiding acts per hour.