The Democratic Republic of Quantum Bedalgueze is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working population of 457 million Bedalguezes have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of East Khyine. The average income tax rate is 35.2%.

The all-consuming Bedalguezen economy, worth 41.9 trillion Tarnasola Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,672 Tarnasola Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Parents giddily refuse to pay their toddlers' medical bills, smoking is banned in public areas, ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, and citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quantum Bedalgueze's national animal is the Quantum Sheep, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Quantum Bedalgueze is ranked 73,859^th in the world and 585^th in the Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 69.22 on the Human Development Index.