The State of Lauretta Swift is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 15.298 billion Lauretta Swiftians 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 minute, liberal, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.2%.

The very strong Lauretta Swiftian economy, worth 879 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Basket Weaving, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 57,513 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 166,566 per year while the poor average 15,737, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Voting is voluntary. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Lauretta Swift's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Lauretta Swift is ranked 256,706^th in the world and 413^th in 0000 for Lowest Crime Rates, with 48.34 law-abiding acts per hour.