The People's Republic of Turgaistan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Shamkhal Imad Uladzimir Vlakaev with an even hand, and renowned for its punitive income tax rates, suspicion of poets, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 1.993 billion Turgaistanis are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Daarbaza. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Turgaistanian economy, worth 65.3 trillion Turgai Dinars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 32,747 Turgai Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has started a campaign to crack down on road rage and encourage alternate means of commuting, anyone who so much as frowns risks being referred to a mental health unit, sales of trenchcoats are on the rise, and territories have the right to secede if they aren't happy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turgaistan's national animal is the Snow Leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Turgaistan is ranked 56,935^th in the world and 192^nd in Carcassonne for Safest, scoring 99.99 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.