The Borderlands of 0x86 is a colossal, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.632 billion 0x86ians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 23.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The 0x86ian economy, worth 330 trillion bytes a year, is led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 43,272 bytes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, nine-year-olds' chat logs are scoured for evidence of radicalization, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, and customers who are not the epitome of politeness always find themselves at the back of the queue. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. 0x86's national animal is the RAM, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

0x86 is ranked 113,753^rd in the world and 127^th in Bytes for Most Primitive, scoring -30 on the Scary Big Number Scale.