The Republic of Townsvalley is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Prime Minister with an even hand, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, aversion to nipples, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 8.495 billion Citizens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, corrupt, socially-minded government prioritizes Administration, with Environment, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Newlands. The average income tax rate is 12.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Townsvalleyian economy, worth 767 trillion Hektes 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 Retail, Tourism, Information Technology, 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 90,356 Hektes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, the nation leads The North Pacific for unlikely accidents and truffle consumption, gossip magazines have pictures of Prime Minister sunbathing on the beach with political rivals, and conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Townsvalley's national animal is the Markhor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Townsvalley is ranked 291,481^st in the world and 6,418^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -19.93 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.