The Queendom of Ciellan is a large, orderly nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 50 million Swanborne 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, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Swanborne economy, worth 1.15 trillion Plumes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Gambling. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,082 Plumes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nations that kill a Daughter of Ciel can expect a strongly worded letter, psychiatrists bizarrely accompany Leader to meetings with foreign heads of state, couples are discouraged from marrying until they can rank their partner on a scale of one to ten, and kids are gathering at the local soda shop to celebrate staying out past sundown. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ciellan's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ciellan is ranked 273,179^th in the world and 1^st in Paidi Kyknos for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.