The Imperial Seat of Shwaasburg is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Marcus Haephestus XII with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 31.159 billion Shwaas hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The tiny, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tar Valon. The average income tax rate is 4.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Shwaa economy, worth a remarkable 7,509 trillion AELS a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 240,992 AELS, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs, parking's carefree without parking car fees, first-time moms are expected to be experienced parents from day one, and hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms. Crime is totally unknown. Shwaasburg's national animal is the Nebelung, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Technological Agnosticism.

Shwaasburg is ranked 66,598^th in the world and 3,821^st in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.6 law-abiding acts per hour.