The Republic of Warden of the Spring is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 757 million Warden of the Springians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Springsburg. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Warden of the Springian economy, worth 29.6 trillion Springs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,101 Springs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, agreeing to appear on TV is often the best way to access social care, heterosexuality is considered positive proof of fitness to parent, and sanitary products are sold in brown paper at hairdressers' salons. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Warden of the Spring's national animal is the Springs, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Warden of the Spring is ranked 188,675^th in the world and 557^th in The Wellspring for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 210.23 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.