The Pink Lucky Zombie Christmas of Canturk is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Brains with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 5.111 billion Canturkians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Yggdrassil. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Canturkian economy, worth 871 trillion Gold Bars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 170,439 Gold Bars, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

Commuters regularly break the sound barrier -- and several bones, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, civil servants refuse to enforce government regulations for fear of wider economic impact, and major cities are suffering under water rationing. Crime is almost non-existent. Canturk's national animal is the bat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Athyism.

Canturk is ranked 74,130^th in the world and 151^st in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,236.62 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.