The Borderlands of Coplect is a mid-sized, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 56 million Coplectians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 75.3%.

The sizeable but sluggish Coplectian economy, worth 1.68 trillion supremeleadercoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 29,918 supremeleadercoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Patriots insist that size does matter, a good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high, and many Coplectians are their brothers' keepers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coplect's national animal is the worm, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Coplect is ranked 231,308^th in the world and 8^th in Scammington for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 229.04 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.