The Allied States of Swalic is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.016 billion Swalicians 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 relatively small, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 11.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Swalician economy, worth 37.7 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 37,127 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Newspapers and TV broadcasters are given a list of 'acceptable words', state-manufactured hammers and sickles are here to stay, self defense is just as despicable as armed robbery, and the art of conversation has been rediscovered. Crime is totally unknown. Swalic's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Swalic is ranked 98,452^nd in the world and 1,599^th in The North Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 31,170.4 Standard Monetary Units.