The Join Lily of Switz 8 is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed population of 11.323 billion Join Lily, 10.773 billion of whom are zombies, 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 22.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Join Lily economy, worth 601 trillion Join Lilies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Gambling, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,343 Join Lilies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government has declared "all your rigs are belong to us", the police have taken to prying guns out of the cold fingers of Join Lily, business is adjusting to new gender equality policies in the workplace, and plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Switz 8's national animal is the Join Lily, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Switz 8 is ranked 206,561^st in the world and 13^th in The English Football Confederation for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.