The Sultanate of Queen Consort Scheherazade is a colossal, genial nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, disturbing lack of elderly people, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 9.121 billion Queen Consort Scheherazadeans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 34.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Queen Consort Scheherazadean economy, worth 966 trillion Stories a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 105,991 Stories, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, the government has ordered a moratorium on referenda, black tea is only available on the black market, and all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Queen Consort Scheherazade's national animal is the Jinn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Queen Consort Scheherazade is ranked 72,487^th in the world and 12^th in Fairy Tale for Largest Black Market, with 6.32 trillion Standard Monetary Units.