The Republic of Tinkmaster is a huge, genial nation, notable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 730 million Tinkmasterians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 54.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Tinkmasterian economy, worth 20.7 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 28,397 francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Graffiti graces every city's streets, the nation's biggest export is stupidity, Mr Happy's Funland has just been named Tinkmaster's new capital, and the government's economic policy is "sort it yourself". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tinkmaster's national animal is the beaver.

Tinkmaster is ranked 136,771^st in the world and 7^th in Pokopia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 6.11 kickbacks per hour.