The Borderlands of Turkuse is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its smutty television, sprawling nuclear power plants, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 32.413 billion Turkuseans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.9%.

The all-consuming Turkusean economy, worth a remarkable 4,154 trillion weras a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 128,178 weras, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,159,145 per year while the poor average 1,695, a ratio of 683 to 1.

Soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers, organ donation rates are among the lowest in the region, inheritance tax has recently been abolished, and hundreds of thousands of convicts work as slaves in Turkuse's many privately-owned prisons. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Turkuse's national animal is the gavial, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Turkuse is ranked 292,201^st in the world and 103^rd in Capitalist Paradise for Lowest Crime Rates, with 9.45 law-abiding acts per hour.