The Borderlands of Byranium is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 446 million Byranese are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sansorah. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.3%.

The all-consuming Byranese economy, worth 41.3 trillion pelts a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 92,631 pelts, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 373,314 per year while the poor average 15,361, a ratio of 24.3 to 1.

Carpet bombing has decimated Brasilistan's landscape and population, the prisoners of Azkatraz have a new emperor, the nation's air missiles have killed thousands of Brasilistan military personnel, and roadside walls are being built and mother nature is paying for it. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Byranium's national animal is the Byranese crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Byranium is ranked 164,259^th in the world and 492^nd in Concord for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 32.63 on the Bus Surprisal Index.