The Intellectual Republic of Quanturium is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Raian Lee with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.692 billion Quanturiumians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Merli. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Quanturiumian economy, worth 388 trillion jems 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 144,255 jems, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, glamping Quanturiumians won't sleep in a tent that doesn't include a Jacuzzi, prisons in Quanturium are the summer homes of murderers, and the government is reining in public spending. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quanturium's national animal is the Quanturium Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Downatian.

Quanturium is ranked 268,685^th in the world and 37^th in Philosophers for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring -5.35 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.