The Disputed Territories of Torshul is a small, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 29 million Torshulians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 43.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Torshulian economy, worth 1.14 trillion notes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 39,383 notes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Octogenarian swimsuit models insist that they've still got it, life-saving resuscitation is denied based on decades-old teenage diaries that declare "I want to die before I get old", motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, and city budgets are spent entirely on supporting the town royalty. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Torshul's national animal is the bearded dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Torshul is ranked 111,939^th in the world and 1,941^st in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 1,759.94 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.