The Loving Couple of -Too ManyOptions is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Paper Dragon with an even hand, and remarkable for its fear of technology, triple-decker prams, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 9.839 billion -Too ManyOptionsians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed, including voting. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Forbidden Stacks. The average income tax rate is 50.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient -Too ManyOptionsian economy, worth 926 trillion snails a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is 94,207 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Vehicular homicide by -Too ManyOptionsian ambassadors is a leading cause of death throughout the world's capital cities, children as young as eight can be found working in factories, allergy-sufferers must wear gas masks before venturing outdoors, and children as young as eight can present logical proofs for the existence of the afterlife. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Too ManyOptions's national animal is the owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Cards.

-Too ManyOptions is ranked 28,642^nd in the world and 1^st in Dead Sea for Largest Black Market, with 71.5 trillion Standard Monetary Units.