The Borderlands of Neon Tander is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, infamous sell-swords, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 337 million Neon Tanderians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The powerhouse Neon Tanderian economy, worth 22.9 trillion Bullions a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 68,003 Bullions, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 432,454 per year while the poor average 4,420, a ratio of 97.8 to 1.

The government has an "easy come, easy go" policy on youth crime, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, the new "Bloodbath" orange tree autonomously seeks and destroys independent orchards, and oilmen are in the business of greasing people's palms. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Neon Tander's national animal is the snake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Neon Tander is ranked 1,341^st in the world and 1^st in Aeternas for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 9,481.89 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.