The Starched White Laundry Smell of Afresh is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Freshie Fresh with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and smutty television. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 22.793 billion Afreshians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Shimmer. The average income tax rate is 85.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Afreshian economy, worth a remarkable 1,577 trillion freshies a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 69,195 freshies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The media seems excessively interested in what Freshie Fresh is wearing this season, space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, winceyette robes are a popular wedding gift, and party-lovers often change religions just for the weekend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Afresh's national animal is the dingo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cleaning.

Afresh is ranked 96,419^th in the world and 4^th in Key Results Union for Most Corrupt Governments, with 14.25 kickbacks per hour.