The Rogue Nation of Sewards Folly is a huge, genial nation, notable for its daily referendums, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 535 million Sewards Follyians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Bering. The average income tax rate is 88.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Sewards Follyian economy, worth 48.6 trillion rationmarks 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 90,808 rationmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students are known to arrive at school in their pyjamas, diplomats agree to the terms and conditions of peace treaties without reading them, the children of Sewards Folly are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence, and it is common to see Maxémon Trainer listed on Sewards Follyian resumés. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sewards Folly's national animal is the sea urchin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Sewards Folly is ranked 156,540^th in the world and 11^th in Fallen Nations for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 555.17 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.