The Borderlands of Trottingham is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 684 million Trottinghammers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 15.4%.

The Trottinghamian economy, worth 34.9 trillion Cubals a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 51,031 Cubals, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

A girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants, the sanitised and dull music festivals of Trottingham are famed for their reasonable volume levels, advertisements for jobs in the sciences run in fashion magazines, and doctors ask for written consent before making eye contact with patients. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trottingham's national animal is the Breezie.

Trottingham is ranked 249,892^nd in the world and 922^nd in Concord for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 15.42 Effective Tax Rate.