The Colony of Schwarzenwald is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Frederick Kingsley with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.877 billion Schwarzenwaldians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Palmerston North. The average income tax rate is 38.0%.

The powerhouse Schwarzenwaldian economy, worth 449 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 92,269 Pound Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Designer truncheons are the latest law enforcement fashion craze, families must live in a village for a century before they get any say in how it runs, exported livestock are wined and dined before they are flat ironed, and a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Schwarzenwald's national animal is the Kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Schwarzenwald is ranked 63,115^th in the world and 143^rd in Carcassonne for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 151.08 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.