The Empire of Turp is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its parental licensing program, avant-garde cinema, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.548 billion Turpians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Turpitol. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 62.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Turpian economy, worth a remarkable 1,557 trillion rubles a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 134,903 rubles, with the richest citizens earning 5.7 times as much as the poorest.

Laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it, punitive tariffs protect local industry, and a widely accepted trade policy is "tit-for-tat". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turp's national animal is the emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Turp is ranked 49,903^rd in the world and 3,116^th in Lazarus for Highest Poor Incomes, with 52,723.57 Standard Monetary Units.