The Sultanate of Turmissia is a large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 72 million Turmissians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 52.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Turmissian economy, worth 1.77 trillion nickels 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, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 24,513 nickels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turmissia's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Turmissia is ranked 100,973^rd in the world and 172^nd in Talonia for Most Patriotic, with 14.96 flags saluted per person per day.