The Federation of -Quashi- is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, enforced nudity, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical, devout population of 1.576 billion -Quashi-ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 80.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant -Quashi-ian economy, worth 7.39 trillion Drachmas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 4,686 Drachmas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Oddly patriotic flash mobs spontaneously sing the national anthem, tumbleweeds are seen blowing through the nation's airspace, biological warfare is used to solve small disagreements, and aeroplanes have been converted into housing units after all air travel was outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Quashi-'s national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Quashi- is ranked 270,708^th in the world and 223^rd in Sertia for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -10 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.