The Ir ha-Kodesh of Al-Quds is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Great One with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, daily referendums, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 31.209 billion Al-Qudsians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Al-Quds. The average income tax rate is 72.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Al-Qudsian economy, worth a remarkable 5,343 trillion golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 171,211 golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Sexually-starved male dinosaurs terrorise tourists during weekly breakouts from Mesozoic Park, residents are readily ratting out rats in restaurants, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, and The Great One claims no responsibility for what The Great One's government does. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Al-Quds's national animal is the bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Monotheism.

Al-Quds is ranked 93,879^th in the world and 438^th in the Plains of Perdition for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 986.01 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.