The Magistracy of Qwertian is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Septimius with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 3.217 billion Qwertianians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gliese City. The average income tax rate is 96.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Qwertianian economy, worth 570 trillion Turtles a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 177,225 Turtles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When flight control tells pilots to alter course the usual reply is "No, YOU move!", napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, Septimius's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, and foreign workers are flooding in as Turtles flood out. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qwertian's national animal is the Turtle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is No official religion.

Qwertian is ranked 4,601^st in the world and 10^th in Christians for Most Developed, scoring 95.11 on the Human Development Index.