The Countess of Monte--Cristo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 31.154 billion Monte Cristoans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.3%.

The all-consuming The Countess of Monte Cristo economy, worth a remarkable 3,107 trillion Doubloons a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 99,735 Doubloons, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 575,449 per year while the poor average 8,261, a ratio of 69.7 to 1.

Notable individuals are granted land and titles, travellers are often forcibly evicted by torch-bearing mobs, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, and politicians are often seen with soldiers pointing guns at their heads. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Monte--Cristo's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Monte--Cristo is ranked 55,643^rd in the world and 3^rd in The Valley of The Wind for Most Primitive, scoring 50.5 on the Scary Big Number Scale.