The Colonial Commonwealth of Quateria is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by King Kennysław with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 3.595 billion Quaterians 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 minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Biłzany. The average income tax rate is 5.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Quaterian economy, worth 157 trillion Wróbeleks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,860 Wróbeleks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, Quateria has designated Biłzany as its capital city, King Kennysław has just been declared ruler of Quateria in an international press conference, and Perciniality has been named as Quateria's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Quateria's national animal is the Golden Goose, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Perciniality.

Quateria is ranked 326,915^th in the world and 611^th in Aeternum for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -8.94 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.