The Valkyrian Republic of Qvait is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President Kate Murphy with a fair hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 18.76 billion Valkyrians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stockholm. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Valkyrian economy, worth a remarkable 6,121 trillion Valkyrian vekts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 326,316 Valkyrian vekts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is on the rise as DNA sampling has been all but outlawed, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, board shorts have replaced board rooms, and too many developers spoil the codebase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qvait's national animal is the blue jay, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Valrissi.

Qvait is ranked 234^th in the world and 8^th in the South Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 7,832.62 on the Clooney Contribution Index.