The Borderlands of Dumfries is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Malcolm Ferguson with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 25.345 billion Doonhamers are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.3%.

The very strong Doonhamer economy, worth a remarkable 1,177 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 46,448 pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 141,890 per year while the poor average 11,785, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, citizens select which government department gets their income tax pounds each year, military spending is on the increase, and Malcolm Ferguson has just been declared ruler of Dumfries in an international press conference. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Dumfries's national animal is the dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Dumfries is ranked 70,009^th in the world and 24^th in Terranova for Most Conservative, scoring 73.4 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.