The State of Queensborough is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.9 billion Queensboroughians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Columbia Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The thriving Queensboroughian economy, worth 362 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving. Average income is 15,173 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 46,352 per year while the poor average 3,850, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

The government is avowedly atheist, the government is reining in public spending, voting is voluntary, and Queensborough has designated Columbia Heights as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Queensborough's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Queensborough is ranked 115,190^th in the world and 4^th in Queens for Highest Food Quality, scoring 20.35 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.