The Republic of Toothbrush is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Toothbrush with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 1.84 billion Toothbrushians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sourire. The average income tax rate is 95.5%.

The very strong Toothbrushian economy, worth 148 trillion teeth a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 80,472 teeth, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, research grant proposals read like political diatribes, island residents must resort to canoes and sailboats to get to work, and students memorise knock-knock jokes for their mandatory twice-a-term Comedy Examinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Toothbrush's national animal is the bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Toothbrush is ranked 281,824^th in the world and 318^th in Refugia for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -11.24 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.