The Armed Republic of Friendly Tomania is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Big Yahu with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.735 billion very friendly Tomanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kayuka. The average income tax rate is 37.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Friendly Tomanian economy, worth 60.4 trillion keyboards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,834 keyboards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Going on a diet invalidates your passport, the general public only knows their favorite politician's first name, selling your granddad's clothes requires an incredible amount of paperwork, and the elderly don't know who the dickens adorns the face of newly-issued banknotes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Friendly Tomania's national animal is the Dragon and its national religion is Holy Church of John Frames.

Friendly Tomania is ranked 37,134^th in the world and 11^th in Phantom for Nicest Citizens, with 18.96 average smiles per day.