The State of Southwestern is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 23.556 billion Southwesterners live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.6%.

The thriving Southwesternian economy, worth 734 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 31,189 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Southwestern's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Southwestern is ranked 264,306^th in the world and 4^th in Montevideo for Lowest Crime Rates, with 42.42 law-abiding acts per hour.