The Borderlands of Derision is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 3.027 billion Derisians, 2.88 billion of whom are zombies, are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 45.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Derisian economy, worth 268 trillion credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 46,642 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals fear government fines more than terrorist ransoms, out-of-work actors say they can't complain, the main interest rates change daily based on the latest news story, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Derision's national animal is the possum, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Derision is ranked 100,832^nd in the world and 1,176^th in the Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 296.03 on the Clooney Contribution Index.