The Testament to Laziness of Qpq is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by q with an iron fist, and renowned for its smutty television, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.647 billion qpq are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, pro-business government prioritizes Defense, although Spirituality, Industry, and Education are also considered important, while Environment and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of QqqqqppppP. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.1%.

The powerhouse qpq economy, worth 288 trillion Credits a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 79,176 Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 712,461 per year while the poor average 1,095, a ratio of 650 to 1.

Shanty towns are forming in the suburbs of major cities, sanitary products are sold in brown paper at hairdressers' salons, inter-species marriages are ignored by the government, and elevator music has been replaced by thrash metal played at maximum volume. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Qpq's national animal is the qp, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is p.

Qpq is ranked 3,102^nd in the world and 3^rd in Pontbridge Islands for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 188.08 on the Bus Surprisal Index.