The Autonomous Federation of Borealian Communes is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Labour Congress with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, keen interest in outer space, and smutty television. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.809 billion Borealians 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 enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ottawa. The average income tax rate is 93.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Borealian economy, worth 882 trillion Labour Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 129,664 Labour Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Large sections of Borealian Communes have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, companies struggle to cover for the hordes of employees on parental leave, stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, and the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces. Crime is totally unknown. Borealian Communes's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Borealian Communes is ranked 35,738^th in the world and 435^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 82.28 law-abiding acts per hour.