The Federal Republic of Turnips is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Hakurei Townshend with an even hand, and remarkable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, national health service, and compulsory military service. The compassionate population of 4.25 billion Neeple are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tumshire. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Neepoleon economy, worth 616 trillion Carrets a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 144,969 Carrets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

They say that Neeple made a dessert and called it peace, coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, and money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turnips's national animal is the Rotabagge, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Turnips is ranked 9,608^th in the world and 305^th in The North Pacific for Highest Poor Incomes, with 128,541.62 Standard Monetary Units.