The Commonwealth of Requand is a titanic, cultured nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 20.628 billion Requans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phenna. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Requan economy, worth a remarkable 4,360 trillion Fentoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 211,405 Fentoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, the 'kind of scrawny' 500 meter hurdle is a popular event, in a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and the national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall. Crime is totally unknown. Requand's national animal is the Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Requand is ranked 1,125^th in the world and 9^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 15,057.66 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.