The Republic of Quidproquo is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Kongville with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 11.26 billion Quidproquoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gem City. The average income tax rate is 41.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Quidproquoan economy, worth 352 trillion baht a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,273 baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors, and there is something rotten in the state of Quidproquo. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quidproquo's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Menonite.

Quidproquo is ranked 115,748^th in the world and 1^st in Pacifist Atheists and Deists for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 41.94 Effective Tax Rate.