The Borderlands of Upper South Knotrukeihil is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 11.403 billion Upper South Knotrukeihilians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meridian. The average income tax rate is 51.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Upper South Knotrukeihilian economy, worth 624 trillion caps a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,772 caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, laser-wielding robots are taking aim at human hearts, raver DJ XStacy holds multiple medical degrees in chillaxing, and foreign leaders with unpaid parking tickets are often refused entry. Crime is totally unknown. Upper South Knotrukeihil's national animal is the ferret, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Upper South Knotrukeihil is ranked 58,095^th in the world and 14^th in Yggdrasil for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,441.46 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.