The Terran Continent of Poswon is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, infamous sell-swords, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 6.397 billion Poswonians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.8%.

The thriving Poswonian economy, worth 460 trillion Pounds 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Gambling, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 71,981 Pounds, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, rap artists are regularly arrested for promoting extremist groups, a major religion has been named as Poswon's national religion, and an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Poswon's national animal is the Zombie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Poswon is ranked 247,279^th in the world and 19^th in AGoodRegionName for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -2.53 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.