The Borderlands of Herefara is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 12.676 billion Herefarans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 59.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Herefaran economy, worth 355 trillion nakfas 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 28,065 nakfas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Herefara's national animal is the structure, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Herefara is ranked 273,029^th in the world and 174^th in ainulindale for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -6.08 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.