The Union of Torunat is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Chairman with an iron fist, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, frequent executions, and triple-decker prams. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.31 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, well-organized 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 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Torunatian economy, worth 231 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. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,853 Torunat Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children who display even minimal sporting aptitude are immediately assigned a personal trainer, sex offenders find themselves cut off from the ability to repeat their crimes, city workers have declared that rolling markets aren't good for business after all, and citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling". 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 174,791^st in the world and 3,262^nd in The North Pacific for Most Armed, with 0.3 weapons per person.