The Queen's State of Urquharten is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 17.694 billion Urquhartenians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The large, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 40.7%.

The Urquhartenian economy, worth 783 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Average income is 44,307 betales, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Urquharten's national animal is the deer.

Urquharten is ranked 87,002^nd in the world and 101^st in Ancient Lands for Most Corrupt Governments, with 18.23 kickbacks per hour.