The Borderlands of Upper Ireland is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by the Prime Minister with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls and public floggings. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 13.052 billion Ulsterites 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 prioritizes Spirituality, although Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Defense and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Belfast. The average income tax rate is 22.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ulsteran economy, worth 657 trillion Euros a year, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 50,355 Euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, the nation's hospitals are criticized for caring more about profits than patients, and the number of deaths due to poor fungus identification is mushrooming. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upper Ireland's national animal is the Stoat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Upper Ireland is ranked 209,351^st in the world and 9^th in Reality for Largest Governments, scoring 10.34 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.