The Join Lily of Switz got Lazy 397 is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed population of 8.155 billion Join Lily are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 29.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Join Lily economy, worth 344 trillion Join Lilies a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 42,247 Join Lilies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Funding for education has been redirected into the military, careless Maxémon Trainers have been the cause of numerous search and rescue operations, Switz got Lazy 397 City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, and seasonal hay-fever sufferers are attending government drug counselling sessions to get free doughnuts. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Switz got Lazy 397's national animal is the Join Lily, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Switz got Lazy 397 is ranked 184,113^th in the world and 5,222^nd in Suspicious for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring zero on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.