The Republic of Swiftmoon is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 9.885 billion Swiftmoonians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, although Defense, Healthcare, and Administration are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 59.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Swiftmoonian economy, worth 66.9 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Cheese Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 6,772 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Major cities are suffering under water rationing, elderly prisoners with severe dementia are reminded hourly that they are evil people by helpful nurse-wardens, a major religion has been named as Swiftmoon's national religion, and Calvinball players are lost for days as they wander the vast halls of their new academies. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Swiftmoon's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Swiftmoon is ranked 309,928^th in the world and 66^th in Colonia Apollonis for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 362.03 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.