The Allied Corporate Empire of Northern Borland is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President and CEO with an even hand, and notable for its public floggings, infamous sell-swords, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 34.897 billion Northern Borlandians 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, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Commerce City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Borlandian economy, worth an astonishing 36,882 trillion Greenbacks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 1,056,889 Greenbacks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,843,465 per year while the poor average 96,399, a ratio of 60.6 to 1.

Economic output is rising as the chronically depressed are persuaded not to burden society, grannies get pulled over for knitting pullovers while driving, a valid legal defense is 'dead men tell no tales', and hammering a nail into a wall is an effective death sentence. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Northern Borland's national animal is the Buck, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Northern Borland is ranked 1^st in the world and 1^st in Capitalist Paradise for Fattest Citizens, with 99.52 Obesity Rate.