The Free Republic of Poquaoi is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Me with a fair hand, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.294 billion Poqs are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Guerville. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Poquaoian economy, worth a remarkable 3,263 trillion Koches 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 Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 265,445 Koches, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Money grows on trees, the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, factories are regularly demolished to make way for low-cost housing areas, and the slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework. Crime is totally unknown. Poquaoi's national animal is the Armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No.

Poquaoi is ranked 754^th in the world and 5^th in Refugia for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 85.09 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.