The Free Republic of Poquaoi is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Me with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.203 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 3,237 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 265,288 Koches, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Endangered species face obesity instead of extinction, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, and the people elect the Supreme Court justices directly. 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 294,018^th in the world and 400^th in Refugia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -30.17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.