The Anti-Fascist Monarchy of Torkeland is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its national health service, avowedly heterosexual populace, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 577 million Torks 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lyston. The average income tax rate is 50.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Torkish economy, worth 64.8 trillion Pengers 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. 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 112,242 Pengers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks, the armed forces pride themselves on being conventional and predictable, and Torks visiting rural Southern Golden Eagle Village can get their driving records clean for a small fee. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Torkeland's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Torkeland is ranked 190,925^th in the world and 96^th in Mitteleuropa for Safest, scoring 48.16 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.