The Curious Quadrangle of 4 Islands of Mystery is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Detective Drew Hardy with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 8.438 billion Mysterians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Conservatory. The average income tax rate is 54.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped 4 Islands of Mysterian economy, worth 324 trillion clues a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 38,478 clues, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

More and more people are signing up for the government party, poverty is disloyal to the Motherland, one complaint of 4 Islands of Mystery's new periodic table is it's easy to confuse fearlessleaderium with gloriousleaderium, and the national security service are a bunch of crooks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 4 Islands of Mystery's national animal is the pufferfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Secrets.

4 Islands of Mystery is ranked 76,004^th in the world and 5^th in Seven To Many for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.15 law-abiding acts per hour.