The Borderlands of Saihate is a large, safe nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 155 million Saihateans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Defense, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 14.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Saihatean economy, worth 17.0 trillion fake fleabane flowers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 109,368 fake fleabane flowers, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 402,293 per year while the poor average 21,016, a ratio of 19.1 to 1.

Biotech companies are fined if their jumbled genetic sequences look too familiar, the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, and the Gallery of Instasnap is the most popular museum in the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Saihate's national animal is the 75 6e 6b 6e 0f 77 6e, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Saihate is ranked 43,007^th in the world and 17^th in Benigtopia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 202.58 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.