The United Socialist States of Torsein is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, daily referendums, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.244 billion Torseinians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Torseinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,985 trillion Golds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 193,863 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, black tea is only available on the black market, and citizens tint their front windows to avoid starring in the 'TV Detector Patrol Unit' documentary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Torsein's national animal is the Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Torsein is ranked 18,110^th in the world and 1,165^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.32 law-abiding acts per hour.