The Republic of Trout Farmer 5 is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 2.327 billion Trout Farmer 5ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Trout Farmer 5ian economy, worth 259 trillion trout a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 111,720 trout, with the richest citizens earning 6.5 times as much as the poorest.

Savvy nightclub-goers know that structurally unsound venues sell the cheapest drinks, voting is compulsory, popular websites like NationStates are blocked for "national security", and the government has solemnly sworn not to look up other nations' internet browsing history if the favor is returned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trout Farmer 5's national animal is the trout, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Trout Farmer 5 is ranked 264,840^th in the world and 331^st in Two for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 40.94 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.