The United Provinces of Torcan is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Orco Trakana with a fair hand, and notable for its vat-grown people, public floggings, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 4.076 billion Torcanis enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyra. The average income tax rate is 91.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Torcani economy, worth 610 trillion Garts a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 149,711 Garts, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, sweat stains are proof of political acumen, shoppers carry protractors to verify their produce, and returning vacationers often find that their property is now a construction site. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Torcan's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is BANNED.

Torcan is ranked 275,796^th in the world and 6^th in The Ejected Realms for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.39 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.