The Sublime Democratic State of Greater Switzstria is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Lucas Güdel with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The compassionate, devout population of 2.59 billion Swisses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greater Switzstria City or New Zürich. The average income tax rate is 70.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Greater Switzstrian economy, worth 223 trillion Swiss Francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,451 Swiss Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The national guard is mobilized whenever a mother gets separated from her child at the mall, children in school playgrounds can be heard chanting the hymns of the Order of Violet, traveller camps regularly block five-lane superhighways, and witnesses have to run a gauntlet of mob enforcers to testify at trials. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater Switzstria's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is All Religions Accepted.

Greater Switzstria is ranked 149,109^th in the world and 1,018^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 65.99 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.