The Oppressed Peoples of Turk Edwards is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 477 million Turk Edwardsians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 14.4%.

The strong Turk Edwardsian economy, worth 27.4 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is 57,502 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

Sofas are perpetually on sales that Must End Soon, economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, and scaffolding is built around scaffolding to give safe access. Crime, especially youth-related, is moderate. Turk Edwards's national animal is the dolphin, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Turk Edwards is ranked 164,676^th in the world and 40^th in Nevadia for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 459.13 on the Gilded Widget Scale.