The Borderlands of Torjborn is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Brigitte Lindholm with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 11.379 billion Torjbornians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reinhardt. The average income tax rate is 69.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Torjbornian economy, worth a remarkable 1,413 trillion kronor a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 124,237 kronor, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, skateparks can be found in every city, the newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to Torjborn" on tails, and the diplomatic corps stinks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Torjborn's national animal is the Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Christianity.

Torjborn is ranked 14,835^th in the world and 841^st in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 102 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.