The Democratic Republic of Quackbhai is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 358 million Quackbhaians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, with Law & Order and Defense also on the agenda, while Industry and Social Policy aren't funded at all. The average income tax rate is 8.4%.

The strong Quackbhaian economy, worth 20.3 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is 56,648 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is relatively low. Quackbhai's national animal is the duck, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Quackbhai is ranked 136,079^th in the world and 3^rd in the region of ducks for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 71.06 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.