The Queendom of Ciellan is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its lack of airports, pith helmet sales, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 135 million Swanborne are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Swanborne economy, worth 4.80 trillion Plumes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 35,575 Plumes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ciellan's Medieval Faire is renowned as one of the best in the region, college athletes are arrested for selling lemonade, drug lords often avoid prison time by teaching "chemistry" classes to underprivileged youth, and work stinks. 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 252,706^th in the world and 1^st in Paidi Kyknos for Largest Populations, with 135 million capita.