The Angst of A Tortured Mind is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Doctor Phroid with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, ubiquitous missile silos, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 18.877 billion Tortured Mindians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thorazine. The average income tax rate is 55.6%.

The strong Tortured Mindian economy, worth 933 trillion Fettishes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,446 Fettishes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.0 times as much as the poorest.

Many of the unemployed have had the fight taken out of them, state media insists that Doctor Phroid is the most fashionable leader in Gypsy Lands, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, and families returning from international vacations are unable to get their children back into the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Tortured Mind's national animal is the gerbil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

A Tortured Mind is ranked 37,711^th in the world and 13^th in Gypsy Lands for Largest Black Market, with 43.7 trillion Standard Monetary Units.