The Thedian Protectorate of SwordandShield10 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 4.01 billion SwordandShield10ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 63.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse SwordandShield10ian economy, worth 365 trillion pesos a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,191 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Army doctors who come under attack defend themselves by using stethoscopes like nunchaku, political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations, several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation, and cotton candy made from genuine cotton cellulose doesn't quite satisfy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. SwordandShield10's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

SwordandShield10 is ranked 148,780^th in the world and 1,410^th in Artificial Solar System for Smartest Citizens, with 26.92 quips per hour.