The Borderlands of N48698 is a colossal, efficient nation, notable for its closed borders, compulsory military service, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.078 billion N48698ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 80.4%.

The frighteningly efficient N48698ian economy, worth 824 trillion nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 135,716 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns, with the richest citizens earning 5.8 times as much as the poorest.

Military officials are questioning the policy of ceding the nation's territory in exchange for promises not to invade it, drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, retirement apartments house giggling grannies who delightedly watch blank TVs all day long, and tuxedo rental companies are inexplicably going out of business. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. N48698's national animal is the nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

N48698 is ranked 31,562^nd in the world and 1,901^st in Balder for Highest Food Quality, scoring 60.92 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.