The Borderlands of Assembly Stinger is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 5.002 billion Assembly Stingerians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The strong Assembly Stingerian economy, worth 265 trillion rupees a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 53,123 rupees, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 306,269 per year while the poor average 4,408, a ratio of 69.5 to 1.

Many in Assembly Stinger are born in the purple, punitive tariffs protect local industry, a major religion has been named as Assembly Stinger's national religion, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Assembly Stinger in an international press conference. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Assembly Stinger's national animal is the sea turtle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Assembly Stinger is ranked 70,135^th in the world and 1^st in Regency Puppets for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 45.81 on the Bus Surprisal Index.