The Grand Duchy of Nine Free Swords is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 21.415 billion Nine Free Swordsians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny government prioritizes Industry, with Education, Administration, and Environment also on the agenda, while Defense and Spirituality receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The very strong Nine Free Swordsian economy, worth 749 trillion Gold Pieces a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 35,006 Gold Pieces, with the richest citizens earning 8.7 times as much as the poorest.

New funding allows inner city teachers to replace school laptops almost as fast as they get stolen, autopsies often involve only cursory examination, politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot, and meat prices are soaring as the farming industry struggle under government-imposed restrictions. Crime is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nine Free Swords's national animal is the Lion.

Nine Free Swords is ranked 192,418^th in the world and 5,549^th in Suspicious for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -2 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.