The Free Republic of Poquaoi is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Me with a fair hand, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.158 billion Poqs 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 enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Guerville. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Poquaoian economy, worth a remarkable 3,213 trillion Koches 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 264,296 Koches, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Treasury has been accused of flushing money down the toilet, construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, they say that Poqs made a dessert and called it peace, and the nation has an international reputation for compassion. Crime is totally unknown. Poquaoi's national animal is the Armadillo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is No.

Poquaoi is ranked 3,055^th in the world and 13^th in Refugia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 130 law-abiding acts per hour.