The Melodic Commonwealth of Tobosarsk is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Concertmaster with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, strictly enforced bedtime, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 7.724 billion Tobosarks are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Argosol. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Tobosarkic economy, worth a remarkable 2,981 trillion tobiczes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 386,014 tobiczes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The dish 'poisson avec poison' is only available on the black market, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tobosarsk's national animal is the lionfish, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Tobosarsk is ranked 6,066^th in the world and 4^th in Fifth Empire for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 11,399.22 on the Gilded Widget Scale.