The Dominion of Swaxlan is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 571 million Swaxlanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 89.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Swaxlanian economy, worth 36.0 trillion Uyrus a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,050 Uyrus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Colleges adhere to rigid ethnic quotas for admissions, a vast monorail network carries people all over the country, the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, and constipated disaster survivors are rapidly learning that MRE is short for "Meal Requiring Enemas". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Swaxlan's national animal is the Emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Swaxlan is ranked 25,675^th in the world and 390^th in Europe for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 52.91 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.