The Starched White Laundry Smell of Afresh is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Freshie Fresh with an even hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 28.009 billion Afreshians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Shimmer. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Afreshian economy, worth a remarkable 1,952 trillion freshies a year, is highly specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 69,718 freshies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parents are really careful to pick the right gun for their kids' birthdays, shops were recently ransacked as cigarettes returned to the shelves, government forces are said to be deterred by signs reading "No Spam, Cold Callers or Central Government - Thank You", and the nation has nearly as many history museums as Afreshians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Afresh's national animal is the dingo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cleaning.

Afresh is ranked 307,862^nd in the world and 12^th in Key Results Union for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 22.4 on the Bus Surprisal Index.