The Most Serene Republic of Narqa is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 798 million Narqans are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 62.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Narqan economy, worth 88.5 trillion Gunnahs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 110,947 Gunnahs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 344,159 per year while the poor average 27,537, a ratio of 12.5 to 1.

Programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, the nightly news reports prosaically on the government blindly throwing money at despotic kidnappers, East Lebatuckese astronauts' favorite game during downtime on the Multinational Space Station is 'I Spy', and the nation's coasts have been left unprotected while the entire navy sits in Brasilistani waters. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Narqa's national animal is the Serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Narqa is ranked 28,481^st in the world and 1,625^th in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 83 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.