The Allied Corporate Empire of Northern Borland is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by President and CEO with an even hand, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, smutty television, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 34.466 billion Northern Borlandians enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is solely concerned with Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Commerce City. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Northern Borlandian economy, worth an astonishing 36,202 trillion Greenbacks a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Information Technology. Average income is a breathtaking 1,050,384 Greenbacks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,778,844 per year while the poor average 96,851, a ratio of 59.7 to 1.

Praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, a survey of the nation's rivers and children has shown that pesticide levels are at an all-time regional high, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Northern Borland's national animal is the Buck, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Northern Borland is ranked 29^th in the world and 1^st in Capitalist Paradise for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 5.78 million Standard Monetary Units.