The People's Republic of PotaTown is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Toddtato Mashman with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.417 billion PotaTownians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mostato. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient PotaTownian economy, worth a remarkable 2,022 trillion Potatoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 194,184 Potatoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Online weather reports are predicting five years of glorious sunshine for PotaTown, invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, you're never too young to learn how to lie with confidence, and nouveau riche farmers diligently take care of their golden calf herds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PotaTown's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Potatarian.

PotaTown is ranked 4,407^th in the world and 4^th in Alcris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 119.59 law-abiding acts per hour.