The SWA Operative Rico of The Gunslinger Girl is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 25.848 billion Gunslinger Girls live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Public Transport, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 20.1%.

The strong a Gunslinger Girl economy, worth a remarkable 1,197 trillion Yen a year, is quite specialized and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 46,328 Yen, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 314,979 per year while the poor average 2,489, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Gunslinger Girl's national animal is the Shiba Inu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Gunslinger Girl is ranked 189,027^th in the world and 3^rd in New CLand for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 907.96 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.