The Republic of Sweethaven is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Martin Codax Albarino with an even hand, and remarkable for its disturbing lack of elderly people, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, devout population of 5.154 billion Sweethavenites 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 44.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Sweethavenian economy, worth 216 trillion pesos a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 42,060 pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The government prides itself on being smug and condescending to idiots, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, drugs containing the compound "oleum de serpens" are being sold to cancer patients, and Sweethavenian actors literally work from cradle to grave. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sweethaven's national animal is the dolphin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Sweethaven is ranked 124,417^th in the world and 29^th in Gypsy Lands for Largest Governments, scoring 14.76 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.