The Borderlands of Gran Turismo is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Nao Yokoyama with a fair hand, and remarkable for its pith helmet sales, free-roaming dinosaurs, and frequent executions. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 20.843 billion Gran Turismovians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Suzuka Circuit. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Gran Turismovian economy, worth a remarkable 5,665 trillion Yen a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 271,802 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

If they thought anyone would listen the older generation would likely say that nobody listens to them any more, citizens recently voted in favour of declaring bubblewrap an 'abomination of nature', it's illegal to be caught on tape, and much of Gran Turismo's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Gran Turismo's national animal is the Raven, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Shinto.

Gran Turismo is ranked 294,325^th in the world and 22^nd in Gensokyo for Highest Disposable Incomes, with zero Standard Monetary Units.