The United Socialist States of Borashka is a mid-sized, genial nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, avant-garde cinema, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 91 million Borashkans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 41.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Borashkan economy, worth 2.27 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 24,965 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's always a Bigtopian willing to eat Leader's table scraps, dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Borashkan citizenship, cinemas play art-house movies to ever-shrinking audiences as film critics rule the industry, and legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Borashka's national animal is the Pygmy pony, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Borashka is ranked 124,462^nd in the world and 578^th in The Leftist Assembly for Longest Average Lifespans, with 71.76 years.