The Inquiring Minds of Questions Always Questions is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by The Riddler with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.728 billion Questions Always Questionsians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Why Why Why Why. The average income tax rate is 66.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Questions Always Questionsian economy, worth 123 trillion marks 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 led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 15,996 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stolen Reuben sandwiches are met with detailed and thorough police investigations, euthanasia is legal, soldiers are equipped with multi-million mark battlesuits, and The Riddler's told that love often manifests itself through homicidal four-lettered litanies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Questions Always Questions's national animal is the seagull, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is inquiring.

Questions Always Questions is ranked 73,325^th in the world and 10^th in Redundant Realm of Redundancy for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.