The Republic of Toothbrush is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Toothbrush with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The compassionate, cheerful population of 6.911 billion Toothbrushians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sourire. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Toothbrushian economy, worth a remarkable 1,068 trillion teeth a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 154,673 teeth, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments, children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn, Toothbrush's citizens often wander into each other's homes, and scientists are terrified of fabulous new breakthroughs. Crime is totally unknown. Toothbrush's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Toothbrush is ranked 289^th in the world and 7^th in Refugia for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 16,576.26 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.