The Most Serene Republic of Captain Swing is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 1.757 billion Captain Swingians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 48.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Captain Swingian economy, worth 30.2 trillion Pennies 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 black market in Pizza Delivery, Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, 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 17,208 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Captain Swing's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Captain Swing is ranked 177,895^th in the world and 1^st in Bnp for Largest Black Market, with 722 billion Standard Monetary Units.