The Sultanate of Turkish Delights is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Turban Ted with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, vat-grown people, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.083 billion Turkish Delightsians 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 relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meltis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Turkish Delightsian economy, worth a remarkable 3,014 trillion bhats 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 187,408 bhats, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 653,002 per year while the poor average 39,160, a ratio of 16.7 to 1.

A National Academy regulates grammar and usage, Catherine Gratwick's campaign support is considered seminal, auditors are gutting every governmental department, and sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turkish Delights's national animal is the goat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sacharism.

Turkish Delights is ranked 298,978^th in the world and 12,249^th in Lazarus for Nudest, with 18.75 cheeks per square mile.