The Watchfires of MTK is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its triple-decker prams, parental licensing program, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, devout population of 22.924 billion MTKians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 26.6%.

The very strong MTKian economy, worth a remarkable 1,476 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,420 $$s, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, statistics show that terrorists often come from broken families, internet ads promising "hot singles in your area" are even less accurate than they used to be, and refugees from other nations are flocking to MTK's border. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. MTK's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

MTK is ranked 262,565^th in the world and 1^st in Mount Kailash for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.99 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.