The Borderlands of The atomic is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Atomzz with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cynical population of 10.469 billion Atomites are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Crater of Atom. The average income tax rate is 77.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse atomician economy, worth 928 trillion Rupeeses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 88,668 Rupeeses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Billions of Rupeeses are being blown on orbital weapons development, a positive pregnancy test doubles as a visa, large wigs have been banned for having racist implications, and with increasingly clear skies nobody seems to mind the electricity bill going through the roof. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The atomic's national animal is the Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Cthulu.

The atomic is ranked 315,853^rd in the world and 274^th in 10000 Islands for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 21.55 on the Bus Surprisal Index.