The University of Swaggin is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Ike Taylor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its absence of drug laws and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 7.368 billion Swagginians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The tiny, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pittsburgh. The average income tax rate is 9.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Swagginian economy, worth 435 trillion swats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is 59,146 swats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary, 'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, One for the Other Thumb has been named as Swaggin's national religion, and young and brooding teens are welcomed with open arms to the Dogwarts School of Strangeness and Sorcery. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Swaggin's national animal is the falcon, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is One for the Other Thumb.

Swaggin is ranked 161,496^th in the world and 4^th in The Walk In for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 7,682.24 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.