The Failure of QroB is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Baluba with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, prohibition of alcohol, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 23.839 billion Qrobians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fail City. The average income tax rate is 18.4%.

The all-consuming QroBian economy, worth a remarkable 4,183 trillion monies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 175,483 monies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens have an obligation to remain silent and anything they say may be used against them, firing squads regularly execute dissidents, children are expected to carve their own toys, and the nation's solution to the ongoing famine is to lock up anyone who mentions the famine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. QroB's national animal is the bug, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Balubaism.

QroB is ranked 285,818^th in the world and 4^th in Wrong for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring -10.49 on the Gilded Widget Scale.