The People's Republic of Borkwitz is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Borkwitzian National Assembly with a fair hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.152 billion Borkwitzians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rosso Central. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Borkwitzian economy, worth 111 trillion rupees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 96,850 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights, bitter pastors forced to officiate gay marriage 'accidentally' pronounce couples "husband and abomination", the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, and professionals are ready to retire by the time they receive permission to use their credentials. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Borkwitz's national animal is the Nue, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Borkwitz is ranked 13,275^th in the world and 348^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,333.05 pounds of wildlife per square mile.