The Commonwealth of Qiosow is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 483 million Qiosowians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The relatively small, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Murna. The average income tax rate is 15.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Qiosowian economy, worth 17.7 trillion Boalas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 36,570 Boalas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Betting pennies on games of Go Fish is considered deviant, the nation's counterintelligence budget is all up in the air, declaring that "some kids are just born evil" is not endearing Leader to progressive thinkers, and motorcycle riders are required to wear so much gear they've been nicknamed "Stay Pufts". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Qiosow's national animal is the Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Qiosow is ranked 270,629^th in the world and 1,307^th in Europe for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -9.49 on the Clooney Contribution Index.