The Normal Literature Club Head of -Monika- is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its feral children, keen interest in outer space, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.238 billion -Monika-ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.9%.

The thriving -Monika-ian economy, worth 346 trillion yen a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 66,232 yen, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 213,710 per year while the poor average 15,523, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good, Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service, and whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem. -Monika-'s national animal is the poem, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Monika- is ranked 92,138^th in the world and 871^st in Remembrance for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 3,207.9 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.