The Democratic People's Republic of Gwerq is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Malintzin Eti'ulu with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.458 billion Gwerqians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kobistania. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Gwerqian economy, worth 350 trillion dollars 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 significant contributions from Information Technology and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 101,443 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Printing out government documents requires the approval of at least three admins, the government has spent days debating the merits of a petition calling for a ban on sporks, celebrities sit helplessly as they are labeled "pompous womples" by Malintzin Eti'ulu, and there is a heavy social stigma attached to e-cigarettes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very 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 279,283^rd in the world and 1,084^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -10.95 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.