The Borderlands of Conrandia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Manager with a fair hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.501 billion Conrandians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of xeriham city. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Conrandian economy, worth 51.3 trillion Chits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 34,196 Chits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, they who do not work shall not eat, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, and re-education centers are being added to most prisons. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Conrandia's national animal is the Gopher, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Conrandia is ranked 118,818^th in the world and 24^th in Testregionia for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 896.91 on the Societal Mobility Rating.