The Commonwealth of Requand is a gargantuan, cultured nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, soft-spoken computers, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, cheerful population of 15.478 billion Requans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, 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 3,264 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 210,928 Fentoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Armed war-criminals gain asylum if deemed 'fabulous' enough, in a fit of passion Leader has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, any secret that gets off someone's chest is promptly replaced, and an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents. Crime is totally unknown. Requand's national animal is the Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Requand is ranked 290,811^th in the world and 216^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.27 kickbacks per hour.