The Global Empire of DeNorSweLand is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Cygnus Schwarz with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.067 billion Denorswelandians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Swanson. The average income tax rate is 86.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient DeNorSweLandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,474 trillion feathers a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Tourism, Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 245,785 feathers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

One does not simply walk into the tundra, manufacturers of biodegradable plastics have to wait for months to show evidence of organic decomposition, engineers ask liberal arts majors "Do you want fries with that?", and the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months. Crime is totally unknown. DeNorSweLand's national animal is the Black Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cygnetism.

DeNorSweLand is ranked 4,790^th in the world and 116^th in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,460.81 pounds of wildlife per square mile.