The Federation of Twistor Conscription is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 246 million Twistor Conscriptionians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 11.3%.

The Twistor Conscriptionian economy, worth 16.2 trillion Florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 65,651 Florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, the richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, corporate innovation has effectively ended since ideas can no longer be owned, and children are raised bilingual from an early age. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Twistor Conscription's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Twistor Conscription is ranked 160,760^th in the world and 3,713^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 100 billion Standard Monetary Units.