The Federal Republic of Quantum Bedalgueze is a mid-sized, efficient nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ritual sacrifices, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 91 million Bedalguezes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality receive no funds. The average income tax rate is 18.6%.

The very strong Bedalguezen economy, worth 5.96 trillion Quantum Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. Average income is 65,532 Quantum Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Comedians who make offensive jokes have their ticket proceeds seized, Merry Birthday is a popular protest song despite the risk of fines and royalty dues, foreign lack of enthusiasm for Bedalguezen nose-flute disco metal is seen as a reasonable casus belli, and the best way to get the government to U-turn is to squick out Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quantum Bedalgueze's national animal is the Quantum Sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Quantum Bedalgueze is ranked 108,767^th in the world and 1,073^rd in the Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 65.82 law-abiding acts per hour.