The Republic of The Wringer is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.549 billion Wringerians enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, liberal, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Education, although Spirituality, Law & Order, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.0%.

The strong Wringerian economy, worth 87.0 trillion Drips a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 56,159 Drips, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 181,499 per year while the poor average 13,131, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

Emergency services don't respond to trailer park fires, citizens must pay to enjoy The Wringer's pristine beaches, preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, and thousands of picky mothers-in-law have been recruited to serve as even pickier cookery instructors. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Wringer's national animal is the Constrictor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Wringer is ranked 290,221^st in the world and 12^th in Puppet Containment Facility for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -4.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.