The Շ๏אเς ђєɭɭรςคקє of Trash Heap is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Bₐₙₙₑd ₜₕₑ ₚᵣₒₕᵢbᵢₜₑd with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory vegetarianism, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 2.976 billion ₘᵤₜₐₜₑd ₗᵤₘₚₛ ₒf fₑₛₜₑᵣᵢₙg bₒᵢₗₛ 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration are also considered important, while Environment and Education receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ₘᵢddₑₙ wₐₗₗₒwₛ. The average income tax rate is 94.4%.

The frighteningly efficient ₘᵤₜₐₜᵢₙg ₐₙd Fₑₛₜₑᵣᵢₙg economy, worth 979 trillion Gₐᵣbₐgₑs 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, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Retail. 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 329,279 Gₐᵣbₐgₑs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Workers' complaints never reach central planning, breaking rocks in the hot sun now involves using your head, the first sword of Trash Heap does not run, and conspiracy nuts claim that the government is trying to bring about an end to civilisation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Trash Heap's national animal is the ₜₒₓᵢc fₐcₛᵢₘᵢₗₑ ₒf ₐ ᵥₑᵣy ₑₓₜᵢₙcₜ ₐₙᵢₘₐₗ, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is ₜₕₑ Dₑₜᵣᵢₜᵤₛ ₐₚₒₛₜₑₘₐₜₑ.

Trash Heap is ranked 391^st in the world and 3^rd in Hell for Most Primitive, scoring 384.44 on the Scary Big Number Scale.