The Armed Republic of Qude AR is a mid-sized, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 82 million Qude ARians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The thriving Qude ARian economy, worth 6.08 trillion bombs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 74,172 bombs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 298,566 per year while the poor average 12,325, a ratio of 24.2 to 1.

Mysterious men apprehend suspected Good Samaritans under the cover of night, patriots insist that size does matter, solders with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped, and many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Qude AR's national animal is the solder, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Qude AR is ranked 7,238^th in the world and 1^st in Puppet Bay for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 6,169.65 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.