The Nomadic Peoples of Quintessential Nation is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Usual Person with a fair hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.59 billion Quintessential Citizens are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Enduring. The average income tax rate is 51.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Quintessential economy, worth 143 trillion quints a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,602 quints, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles, the new airport at Mr. Giles' farm is panicking his sheep, airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, and solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quintessential Nation's national animal is the kudu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is a conventional major religion.

Quintessential Nation is ranked 114,885^th in the world and 6^th in Brazen for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 701.68 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.