The Borderlands of N72718 is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its aversion to nipples, keen interest in outer space, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 6.139 billion N72718ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 90.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient N72718ian economy, worth 822 trillion nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 134,031 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children have only the most basic of education, mountains of VHS tapes of police actions are stacking up in the National Library, autarky's deemed malarkey as foreign bric-a-brac's brought back, and the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. N72718's national animal is the nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

N72718 is ranked 270,707^th in the world and 9,793^rd in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 37.79 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.