The Republic of Monkey 19 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and absence of drug laws. The democratic population of 12.602 billion Monkey 19ians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Healthcare, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 18.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Monkey 19ian economy, worth 401 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 31,871 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cars are banned, the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms, Monkey 19 recently decided against having a capital city, and the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons. Crime is relatively low. Monkey 19's national animal is the porpoise, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Monkey 19 is ranked 283,865^th in the world and 18,241^st in Chicken overlords for Highest Average Incomes, with 31,871.62 Standard Monetary Units.