The Borderlands of Showagadau is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Butteron IV with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, national health service, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.48 billion Showagans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Showaga City. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Showagadauan economy, worth 197 trillion butters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,555 butters, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The atmosphere in Showagadauan boardrooms is turning more gay, citizens are required to report any and all incidents of prayer to their local Religious Affairs Officer, collisions between bicycles and carnival floats are on the rise, and throwing garbage out of your house's front window makes it legally someone else's problem. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Showagadau's national animal is the Butter Dog, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Butterdogism.

Showagadau is ranked 274,574^th in the world and 774^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -9.12 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.