The Principality of Qatarunya is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 369 million Catalins are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Upper Diagonal. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.5%.

The all-consuming Qatarunyan economy, worth 37.1 trillion Croats a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 100,442 Croats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 348,166 per year while the poor average 21,154, a ratio of 16.5 to 1.

Cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, making up random numbers to name new asteroids is the bulk of astronomers' work, and it can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qatarunya's national animal is the Llopi, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Qatarunya is ranked 52,481^st in the world and 319^th in Europeia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 175.67 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.