The Democratic People's Republic of Gwerq is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Mädja Lhooq with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.612 billion Gwerqians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kobistania. The average income tax rate is 97.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Gwerqian economy, worth a remarkable 1,209 trillion korins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 140,487 korins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One of the nation's leading exports is empty platitudes, scummy-looking teenagers outside government buildings sell bureaucrats spoofed ShortTok accounts, the government's foreign policy statements are less threatening than a World Assembly cease-and-desist letter, and people across the world seek to be healthier by eliminating carbs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gwerq's national animal is the monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gwerq is ranked 15,446^th in the world and 247^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Secular, with 75.21 Atheism Rate.