All residential settlements are on Great Tortoise Island in the north. The capital is Los Midas. Other major cities include Brisburg, Wallidistan and New Las Vegas (a replica built by the Tourist Commission). None of the citizens live on Lost Island. In fact, only a handful of explorers and researchers have ever been known to return from visiting there.

Media is spearheaded by Loungecast and the National News Commission (NNC). The official contract for the Tortoise Island's internet communications was awarded to Turtle Portal in early 2001. The WCD administers a continuum link to a gyrotron operated by the Time Machine Tribune from which irregular reports are obtained.

The island's main party is led by His Excellent Excellency Dear Leader Raymond Sunshine, President, and leader of the Free Beer Party (FBP). The Opposition consists of a coalition of diverse parties dominated by the aggressive Headhunters Party (HP). Policy advice is provided by the Mental Institute for Strategic Studies.

The island's most wanted convict is undoubtably Killer Greely, the Australian fugitive now believed to be hiding out in Los Midas. Also on the top ten wanted list are Bad Dogs Bloggs, the Professor and Mouldy. Convicted felons reside at His Excellent Excellency's pleasure at the notorious Doggo Road Prison in Brisburg. Ed Elmsby runs the sophisticated police department.

The currency is the Coconut Dollar ($C) which is administered under the central control of the Feral Reserve and chairman Dr Greenhorn. With billions of coconuts growing on trees, the citizens of the Tortoise Islands are considered to be the wealthiest in the world. Turtle Portal includes a free currency converter.

All of Tortoise Island's most world famous movie stars and musicians live right here on Great Tortoise Island. The world's largest robot Kingpin Tin and the island's resident superhero Bloooperman have occasionally been sighted here.

The World Chaos Disorganization spearheads research on the islands. The WCD has built a huge complex of research laboratories in the south since being expelled from the USA in the late 1980s. A joint facility is also operated in association with the Great North Wallidistan Zoo at the top end. Joint ventures are also being explored with Satanco and other tech companies. The WCD is headed up by Prof Mort Grippen.

The friendly inhabitants of Great Tortoise Island are deeply spiritual. About 40 per cent of the population worship a giant turtle, and another 40 per cent a giant tortoise. The rest belong to various cargo cults or are led by the famous evangelist Eternal Jim Jones.

Under the constitution, to protect the integrity of the nation, it is prohibited to mark the Tortoise Islands on any map of the world. Our latitude and longitude are classified. It is widely understood, however, that the islands are in the Pacific. Stray shipping that ventures too close is turned away by the WCD's storm generation and magnetic interference technology.

Whether it's the golden panoramas of Great Tortoise Island's magnificent beaches, or the golden rewards of gaming at Los Midas Casino or Farce City, or the incredible spectacle of the Statue of Limitations, fun and happiness are guaranteed.

The world's most feared dinosaur, Godzorro, is generally believed to be based on Lost Island. Unconfirmed reports suggest that various other dinosaurs also live there. Precise knowledge is difficult considering the intense dangers existing in the densest jungles in the world. Unfortunately, very few teams have ever returned from expeditions there.

The true identity of Godzorro, the masked monster, has never been discovered. Many theories and rumors circulate around the world.

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