The Theocracy of Quistonix is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its disturbing lack of elderly people, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 510 million Quistonixians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 85.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Quistonixian economy, worth 27.6 trillion alms a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Gambling, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is 54,165 alms, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most fires are already out by the time the bucket brigade gets to them, Merry Birthday is a popular protest song despite the risk of fines and royalty dues, exceptionally healthy police officers can sprint after crooks for hours on end, and signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Quistonix's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Quistonix is ranked 12,300^th in the world and 7^th in eta for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 85.89 Effective Tax Rate.