The Grand Duchy of The von zwiessen federation is a massive, safe nation, ruled by hans von zwiessen with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.059 billion von zwiessians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of hansel wilhelmius. The average income tax rate is 58.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse von zwiessian economy, worth 85.5 trillion swissian marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 80,712 swissian marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The most penniless demographics have by far the highest number of researchers per capita, boats straying just metres away from the shore will raise the ire of the Coast Guard, the new biography of hans von zwiessen is subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Hate the Bomb", and business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The von zwiessen federation's national animal is the mountain goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is protestant christianity.

The von zwiessen federation is ranked 13,501^st in the world and 4^th in Morpheus for Safest, scoring 117.61 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.