The United Republic of Socialist Swanage is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by James Hastings with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, triple-decker prams, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed population of 3.296 billion swanish enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of new Swanage. The average income tax rate is 69.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong swanish economy, worth 246 trillion labour marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 74,810 labour marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cheese has become the new icon of political dissent, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, citizens are tied down and forced to watch educational videos on empathy, and incarcerated crime lords manage their empires from massage tables. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist Swanage's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is multitheism.

Socialist Swanage is ranked 285,894^th in the world and 1,389^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -15.1 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.