The Free Land of Self-made Tomato Paste is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 566 million Tomato Pasteans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pomidorilnius. The average income tax rate is 64.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Self-made Tomato Pastean economy, worth 47.0 trillion tomatilloes a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 83,025 tomatilloes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Even secular Tomato Pasteans are shouting "Blessed are the cheesemakers!", women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, SMTP-SPAN features senators wrestling with ever-increasing production elements, and science centers and state of the art laboratories are ubiquitous. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Self-made Tomato Paste's national animal is the red river hog, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Self-made Tomato Paste is ranked 62,381^st in the world and 3^rd in The Eastern Steppes for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 152.74 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.