The Democratic People's Republic of Gwerq is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Mädja Lhooq with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 8.424 billion Gwerqians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kobistania. The average income tax rate is 97.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Gwerqian economy, worth a remarkable 1,187 trillion korins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 140,928 korins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drones are unable to lift the weight of their accompanying paperwork, the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, and space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gwerq's national animal is the monkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Gwerq is ranked 264,196^th in the world and 361^st in The Communist Bloc for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.84 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.