The United Qweri Socialist State of Querisum Islands is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by General Commentariat Felix Hyerneko with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, frequent executions, and lack of airports. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.357 billion Qweris are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Kedrosil. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 59.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Querisum Islander economy, worth 221 trillion Gold Bars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 163,040 Gold Bars, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

The temple hierarchy have found that endorsements are even more lucrative than indulgences, nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more, concert pianists lie about their occupation to avoid ridicule, and holidays are regarded as the most miserable time of the year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Querisum Islands's national animal is the Dolphin, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Querisum Islands is ranked 31,691^st in the world and 22^nd in New United Kingdom of Albion for Most Developed, scoring 82.29 on the Human Development Index.