The Borderlands of Vexyn is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Ruby with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, rampant corporate plagiarism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 2.617 billion Vexynians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Academy City. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Vexynian economy, worth 322 trillion Memes a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 123,413 Memes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

All footpaths have tollbooths, air purifiers fight smoke machines on Vexynian stage setups, animal liberationists receive government funding to break into animal research labs, and drugs containing the compound "oleum de serpens" are being sold to cancer patients. Crime is totally unknown. Vexyn's national animal is the kawai cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Depravity.

Vexyn is ranked 18,147^th in the world and 550^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 66.33 quips per hour.