The Empire of Rototornik is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Senior-General Ivan Mordvinov with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 26.061 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Law & Order, and Industry also on the agenda, while Social Policy and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Miscarcand. The average income tax rate is 99.9%.

The frighteningly efficient 'Tornikian economy, worth an astonishing 22,184 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 851,252 Torniks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, street cleaners are noticeably glum during jubilee celebrations, and the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet. 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 345^th in the world and 17^th in Lazarus for Largest Governments, scoring 83.96 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.