The Double Archprincipality of Schwessen-Hellfohen is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Friedrich-Wilhelm II with an iron fist, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, smutty television, and public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical population of 2.044 billion Schwessen-Hellfohenians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nieufschtadt. The average income tax rate is 34.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Schwessan-Hellfohan economy, worth 167 trillion Hellfohan Marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,825 Hellfohan Marks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government has solemnly sworn not to look up other nations' internet browsing history if the favor is returned, party affiliation is just as irrelevant as campaign promises, anti-government web sites are springing up, and sailors spend their shore leave helping old ladies cross the street. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Schwessen-Hellfohen's national animal is the Black Hellfohan Eagle.

Schwessen-Hellfohen is ranked 40,567^th in the world and 1^st in Island of Weilssen for Most Pacifist, with 107.92 cheeks turned per day.