The United Socialist States of QDR is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 266 million Qierans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 75.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Qierish economy, worth 5.34 trillion marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. Average income is 20,080 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ghost regiments exist only on paper, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income, and tourists visiting the nation are harangued for being capitalist pig-dogs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. QDR's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

QDR is ranked 136,081^st in the world and 120^th in Refugia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,062.84 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.