The Borderlands of Westreses is a massive, safe nation, notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, infamous sell-swords, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 1.836 billion Westresesians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, corrupt, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Westresesian economy, worth 303 trillion pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 165,138 pounds, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,492,461 per year while the poor average 2,197, a ratio of 679 to 1.

Government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-pound charge on their phone bill, only the fast and the furious are brave enough to drive, and powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Westreses's national animal is the echidna, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Westreses is ranked 66,109^th in the world and 469^th in Concord for Most Secular, with 18.42 Atheism Rate.