The Republic of Qubti is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Hafez Farid Sobhy with an iron fist, and remarkable for its digital currency, frequent executions, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 6.3 billion Qubtians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, 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 Iskandariya. The average income tax rate is 50.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Qubtian economy, worth 317 trillion staters a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,322 staters, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Family bonding sessions are considered immoral and are banned, EULAs remind customers that "Private Mode" is a browser setting rather than a promise, hell is not always other people, and weird kids who eat bugs are breaking the law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qubti's national animal is the asp, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Islam.

Qubti is ranked 261,673^rd in the world and 26^th in Western Atlantic for Smartest Citizens, with 10.23 quips per hour.