Maine, USA, is the toothpick capital of the world.
Edited 2010 – Maine was the toothpick capital of the world.
(Unfortunately the last toothpick factory in Maine closed and now, boxes of toothpicks bearing the Forster brand name—which is still believed to have some value by its present owner, Alltrista Consumer Products Company, a division of the conglomerate Jarden, bear in small letters the legend “Made in China.”)