The Commonwealth of Qasear is a tiny, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 16 million Qasearians 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 minute government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Welfare, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The very strong Qasearian economy, worth 1.15 trillion yen a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 71,837 yen, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 208,047 per year while the poor average 19,656, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

The combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, Qasear is increasingly belligerent on the international stage, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Qasear's national animal is the tiger, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Qasear is ranked 125,884^th in the world and 238^th in Horizon for Most Developed, scoring 57.82 on the Human Development Index.