The Comrade Commonwealth of Tushto is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Comrade Arjen Lubach with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.69 billion Tushtoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zwammerdam. The average income tax rate is 96.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tushtoan economy, worth 378 trillion Stegs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 140,488 Stegs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, military service is compulsory, unemployed youngsters trained to kill are being released en masse into society, and hypochondriacs demand treatment for genetic disorders they don't have. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tushto's national animal is the Dimetrodon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Maxisme.

Tushto is ranked 7,456^th in the world and 156^th in Europe for Smartest Citizens, with 108.31 quips per hour.