The Commonwealth of Borlian is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Vezilian with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 21.948 billion Borlians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ylaanu. The average income tax rate is 54.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Borlian economy, worth a remarkable 1,735 trillion Bors a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,067 Bors, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

The nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, the arms industry is strictly regulated, nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more, and dynamite sales and concert audiences are booming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Borlian's national animal is the Two-Headed Gazelle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Borlian is ranked 78,064^th in the world and 4,155^th in Osiris for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,321.36 on the Gilded Widget Scale.