The Empire of Rototornik is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Stanislav Zelko with an iron fist, and notable for its soft-spoken computers, vat-grown people, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 16.53 billion 'Tornikians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Social Policy and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Miscarcand. The average income tax rate is 99.0%.

The frighteningly efficient 'Tornikian economy, worth an astonishing 13,841 trillion Torniks 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, 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 a breathtaking 837,380 Torniks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Light entertainment shows are light on actual entertainment, the nation has nearly as many history museums as 'Tornikians, foreign musicians that Stanislav Zelko dislikes are turned away at the border, and the Farmer's Almanac is the most popular college textbook. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rototornik's national animal is the Nigershrimp, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Orthodox Christianity.

Rototornik is ranked 174,385^th in the world and 9^th in Otoris for Most Ignorant Citizens, with 0.4 Missed References Per Hour.