The Borderlands of Molecule is a large, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 150 million Moleculeans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 51.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Moleculean economy, worth 12.2 trillion Quarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 81,104 Quarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The automobile industry is sitting up and taking notice of the new 24 hour race events... as are the track's sleepless neighbours, sleep-deprived officials are known to collapse after late night revision for their examinations, children's TV shows are having a gay old time, and it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations. Crime is totally unknown. Molecule's national animal is the Tardigrade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Molecule is ranked 279,233^rd in the world and 364^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Black Market, with 71.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.