The THE Replubic of THE Trash is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by mr dump truck with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, feral children, and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.568 billion trash cans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of mr happys funland. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving trash economy, worth 149 trillion scraps 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, Retail, and Basket Weaving. 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 95,551 scraps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Sly spies try to rely on national allies so that they don't die, it's best not to ask what goes into Mr Happys Funland Crispy Fried Tofu's secret blend of herbs and spices, a government program is underway to revitalize THE Trash's beaches, and phone taps are frequently carried out by the police. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. THE Trash's national animal is the pigeon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is violetism.

THE Trash is ranked 195,794^th in the world and 1^st in Trashland for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -1.53 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.