The Republic of Tuscan Matheo is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.872 billion Tuscan Matheoans enjoy great individual freedoms in everything except elections, which, where they exist at all, are populist shams for a dictatorship government that has no intention of ever giving up power.

The minute, pro-business, well-organized government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order also on the agenda, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The strong Tuscan Matheoan economy, worth 203 trillion guilders a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 52,472 guilders, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 338,187 per year while the poor average 3,289, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Tuscan Matheo's national animal is the squirrel, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tuscan Matheo is ranked 269,827^th in the world and 9,794^th in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 7.3 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.