The United Socialist States of Torsein is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, avant-garde cinema, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 10.381 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 41.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Torseinian economy, worth a remarkable 2,021 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 194,709 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Anyone who sneezes at border crossings is turned away, the nation's reputation for treachery has left it sidelined on the international stage, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, and many suspect that the 'Whinny The Plop' children's magazine contains covert criticism of Leader. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded 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 272,927^th in the world and 9,774^th in Osiris for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 36.31 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.