The Îles du Nord of Frontiere is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Javier le Bonheur with an even hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 4.713 billion Nordiques 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hermanvillé. The average income tax rate is 59.5%.

The all-consuming Frontierean economy, worth 423 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,822 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments, back-alley circumcision clinics are popping up all over the nation, military barracks resemble five-star hotels, and drivers regularly pull over for nonexistent police cars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Frontiere's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Frontiere is ranked 211,990^th in the world and 109^th in The Wellspring for Most Politically Free, scoring 40.76 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.