The Kingdom of Hospean Border Islands is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Jeffrey with an even hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 11.27 billion Hospeans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mirus. The average income tax rate is 53.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Hospean Border Islandsian economy, worth 867 trillion Valerian Izas a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Tourism. Average income is 76,985 Valerian Izas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Anyone who sleeps in past 9am can be declared legally dead, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, untold millions of Valerian Izas are going into a new government-funded maternity leave scheme, and school lockers are filled with fancy underwear. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Hospean Border Islands's national animal is the Black panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Hospean Border Islands is ranked 86,252^nd in the world and 4^th in Meillur for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 53.04 Effective Tax Rate.