The Soldiers Republic of Qafe is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical, devout population of 684 million Bardonians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Dorrastorock. The average income tax rate is 50.3%.

The strong Bardonian economy, worth 40.3 trillion €Bardonian Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,941 €Bardonian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

The new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, directors of low-budget sci-fi films are flocking to use New Dorrastorock as a backdrop, when electric cars arrived nobody heard them coming, and concerned environmentalists wipe away their tears with tissues sourced from Tasmanian old-growth redwoods. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qafe's national animal is the Bardonian Chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Qafe is ranked 46,001^st in the world and 1^st in Trilium Alliance for Most Beautiful Environments, with 707.6 pounds of wildlife per square mile.