The Intellectual Republic of Quanturium is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Raian Lee with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.443 billion Quanturiumians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Merli. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Quanturiumian economy, worth 351 trillion jems a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 143,727 jems, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Quanturium as a reminder of their "special relationship", the restriction that you must be over 1.1 metres tall to ride a carnotaurus has recently been waived, Raian Lee reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes, and newspaper stories fill several pages with colorful adjectives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quanturium's national animal is the Quanturium Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Downatian.

Quanturium is ranked 114,428^th in the world and 22^nd in Philosophers for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,668.05 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.