The NotKeepingConsistentThemes of Touching Grass 48 is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by 48 with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, parental licensing program, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.373 billion Touching Grass 48ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 48. The average income tax rate is 46.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Touching Grass 48ian economy, worth 340 trillion 48s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. 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 an impressive 100,844 48s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are being told that the greatness of a nation's power is the measure of its surrender, renewable energy projects have ground to a halt, grazing lands are filled with cattle wearing odd-looking anti-pollution devices, and colonial citizens are forced to sing the praise of the "Great Touching Grass 48ian Liberator". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Touching Grass 48's national animal is the 48 and its national religion is 48.

Touching Grass 48 is ranked 270,486^th in the world and 566^th in The Funian Puppet Region for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.81 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.