The Borderlands of Vivil is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by never to be decided with an even hand, and remarkable for its public floggings, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 18.692 billion Vivil people are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Public Transport, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zwethz. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.7%.

The very strong Vivil economy, worth 858 trillion Lupuls a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 45,908 Lupuls, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 154,334 per year while the poor average 10,125, a ratio of 15.2 to 1.

Urbanites battle to the death for penthouse apartments, murder rates are on the rise as the popularity of soylent products grows, the police insist that racism does not exist, and the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Vivil's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is disputed.

Vivil is ranked 32,328^th in the world and 8^th in The TWR and NE Puppet Depot for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 6,727.48 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.