The Empire of Qrion is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Qriaki III with an even hand, and notable for its unlimited-speed roads, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 17.094 billion Qrionians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Qrii. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Qrionian economy, worth a remarkable 4,263 trillion Onos a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 249,399 Onos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Everything stops come summertime, the armed forces are locked in an expensive and bloody war abroad to stamp out possible terrorists, the highest sporting award is the Grail of Tears, and subsistence farmers require doctorates in applied sowing. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Qrion's national animal is the Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The One.

Qrion is ranked 6,300^th in the world and 19^th in the Plains of Perdition for Highest Average Incomes, with 249,399.07 Standard Monetary Units.