The North Eastern Republic of South Western Empire is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Comrade Commissar with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working population of 9.933 billion Comrades 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Empagrad. The average income tax rate is 27.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Imperialist economy, worth a remarkable 1,366 trillion Reichsmarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 137,544 Reichsmarks, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Helicopter parenting is on the rise, untold millions of Reichsmarks are going into a new government-funded maternity leave scheme, politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests, and surgeons walk out of theatres more often than prima donna actors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. South Western Empire's national animal is the Western Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

South Western Empire is ranked 33,793^rd in the world and 2,164^th in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 796.32 pounds of wildlife per square mile.