The State of Swannell is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, complete lack of public education, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 36.182 billion Swannellians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Welfare is also considered important, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.6%.

The thriving Swannellian economy, worth a remarkable 1,486 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 41,091 betales, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 158,903 per year while the poor average 7,291, a ratio of 21.8 to 1.

X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, and Swannell has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a serious problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Swannell's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Swannell is ranked 233,260^th in the world and 1^st in West Europe for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,502.08 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.