The Borderlands of Borderlands is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Council of The Vorde with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 6.899 billion Borderlanders are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government prioritizes Administration, although Defense, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bordersville. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.5%.

The thriving Borderlandsian economy, worth 302 trillion Interchangeable Tokens a year, is quite specialized and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,894 Interchangeable Tokens, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 181,270 per year while the poor average 6,988, a ratio of 25.9 to 1.

The realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, citizens living in underground cities have developed a healthy green glow, many of the poor live from cradle to grave without ever seeing sunlight, and the nation's soldiers are considered the best-dressed in Osiris. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Borderlands's national animal is the Cross-Species Ape, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Borderlands is ranked 294,488^th in the world and 15,958^th in Osiris for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 31.46 on the Kitten Softness Rating.