The Join Lily of Switz 18 is a titanic, pleasant nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 14.412 billion Join Lily have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 23.0%.

The Join Lily economy, worth 695 trillion Join Lilies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 48,285 Join Lilies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Flash floods that dams could have controlled regularly ravage small towns in mountain valleys, the only soporific permitted during sermons is the preacher's voice, middle-aged metal fans quite enjoy being called "rebellious youths" by even older politicians, and the sick and dying are locked in their homes with a red "X" painted on the front door. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Switz 18's national animal is the Join Lily, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Switz 18 is ranked 261,682^nd in the world and 1,091^st in Lily for Most Cultured, scoring 61 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.