The Matriarchy of The Elder Borderlands is a large, safe nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, restrictive gun laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 186 million Borderlandians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 20.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Elder Borderlandsian economy, worth 14.7 trillion Playing cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,053 Playing cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, and physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques. Crime is totally unknown. The Elder Borderlands's national animal is the Chishiya, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Elder Borderlands is ranked 30,526^th in the world and 12^th in Benigtopia for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 2,645.38 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.