The Federal Republic of Great Schwanien is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, ubiquitous missile silos, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic population of 573 million Great Schwanier are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nexara. The average income tax rate is 70.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Great Schwanish economy, worth 45.9 trillion Schwani Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,169 Schwani Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many aides in Leader's office are known to be serial jaywalkers, printing out government documents requires the approval of at least three admins, the little guy plays a big role in Great Schwanish politics, and Leader's reputation is hard as nails. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Schwanien's national animal is the swan, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Great Schwanien is ranked 31,640^th in the world and 440^th in Europe for Safest, scoring 108.45 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.