The Grumpiness of Lord Tothe is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Great Porcupine with an even hand, and remarkable for its closed borders, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 24.269 billion hedgehogs have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and look forward to their next free and open election, to be held on an as-yet unannounced date.

The relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Law & Order, and Public Transport. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hedgerow. The average income tax rate is 52.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The prickly economy, worth a remarkable 2,373 trillion mealworms a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Tourism. 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 97,797 mealworms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Preschoolers outnumber veteran politicians in government, the government considers it a sacred duty to video bikini-clad beach swimmers, no one tells their son "you're the man of the house" any more, and at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to The Great Porcupine's wardrobe. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lord Tothe's national animal is the hedgehog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Grouchiness.

Lord Tothe is ranked 282,894^th in the world and 8^th in 00000 A World Power for Most Developed, scoring 49.04 on the Human Development Index.