The Allied States of East Swedesia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Mecha Osama with an iron fist, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, triple-decker prams, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 14.553 billion East Swedesians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Duran Duran. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.4%.

The frighteningly efficient East Swedesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,817 trillion Shekels a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 193,602 Shekels, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 823,221 per year while the poor average 29,323, a ratio of 28.1 to 1.

New urban roads are threatening city parks, national park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, things are looking up for sentient toilet bowls, and commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. East Swedesia's national animal is the Crow, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

East Swedesia is ranked 9,077^th in the world and 715^th in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 163.78 kickbacks per hour.