The Union of Torunat is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Chairman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.357 billion Torunatians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ourveithh Harbor. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Torunatian economy, worth 234 trillion Torunat Pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,805 Torunat Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation has nearly as many history museums as Torunatians, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Ourveithh Harbor Times is sold out, more than one company makes the board game Monopoly, and children prefer to begin their day with push-ups rather than breakfast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Torunat's national animal is the Giant Crab, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Torunat-Christianity.

Torunat is ranked 227,027^th in the world and 5,257^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -3.83 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.