The Island of Quailstar is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.393 billion Quailstarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Quackels. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Quailstarian economy, worth 244 trillion Zimps a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,636 Zimps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, guide dogs for the blind have been seen using government websites, and the atmosphere in Quailstarian boardrooms is turning more gay. Crime is totally unknown. Quailstar's national animal is the Jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Quailstar is ranked 235,761^st in the world and 1^st in SCCTCRichard for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -7.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.