The Join Lily of Sweeze 9 is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 17.203 billion Join Lily 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 14.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Join Lily economy, worth 921 trillion Join Lilies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,573 Join Lilies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", financial investors are noting a boom in artillery, cheese lovers have a case of the bleus, and the government believes there is no problem that raising taxes won't fix. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sweeze 9's national animal is the Join Lily, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Sweeze 9 is ranked 257,436^th in the world and 1,204^th in neck for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 14.15 Effective Tax Rate.