The Poopsmith was born in a Communist country where at birth, it was decided that he would clean up the crap of a country leader. His parents, for an unknown reason, were honored by this. So much so that they named their son after his future occupation. He went to college in the Town School of Liberal Farts, where he earned a master's degree in cleaning up bodily wastes. Unfortunately, the ruler of his country had serious constupation problems, so hardly ever crapped. The Poopsmith would have to move somewhere else to fulfill his destiny of shoveling crap. He found this place in Free Country USA, where the ruler was an extreme gluton who pooped several many times.