The THE Replubic of THE Trash is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by mr dump truck with an even hand, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 1.595 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 58.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving trash economy, worth 151 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 94,910 scraps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Conversion therapy coupons are a popular present for coming of age ceremonies, people think "siege mentality" is a positive trait, there's a shortage of swinging hot spots as land development grinds to a halt, and maps of the enemy's positions are often covered in blood. 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 286,686^th in the world and 1^st in Trashland for Highest Food Quality, scoring 4.58 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.