The Matriarchy of The Elder Borderlands is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 225 million Borderlandians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 19.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Elder Borderlandsian economy, worth 19.5 trillion Playing cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,703 Playing cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, and traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income. Crime is totally unknown. The Elder Borderlands's national animal is the Chishiya, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Elder Borderlands is ranked 213,594^th in the world and 111^th in Benigtopia for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 19.82 Effective Tax Rate.