The Comrade Commonwealth of Tushto is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Comrade Arjen Lubach with an even hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 2.485 billion Tushtoans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zwammerdam. The average income tax rate is 95.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Tushtoan economy, worth 340 trillion Stegs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 136,830 Stegs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surveillance cameras are banned, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, military equipment stores have a tendency to go up in flames, and search and rescue forces now accept cheques and all major credit cards. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tushto's national animal is the Dimetrodon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Maxisme.

Tushto is ranked 183,888^th in the world and 561^st in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 61 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.