The Republic of Greenbush is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Vincent Rogolor with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, devout population of 20.795 billion Greenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Skystead. The average income tax rate is 78.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Greenbushian economy, worth a remarkable 1,478 trillion Dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,112 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns, tax assessment offices double as polling stations, and animated characters are allowed to stab each other but not hold hands. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greenbush's national animal is the Mantis, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Forestology.

Greenbush is ranked 32,358^th in the world and 136^th in Forest for Smartest Citizens, with 54.39 quips per hour.