The Republic of -Sweep Tosho- is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 889 million -Sweep Tosho-ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 39.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong -Sweep Tosho-ian economy, worth 51.7 trillion currencies a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 58,134 currencies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem, third world countries are rich in "I Love -Sweep Tosho- City" t-shirts, livestock mutilations are on the rise, and devotion to God is only skin-deep. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Sweep Tosho-'s national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Sweep Tosho- is ranked 93,816^th in the world and 489^th in Izern for Most Developed, scoring 62.99 on the Human Development Index.