The Borderlands of 90042 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.452 billion 90042ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.7%.

The frighteningly efficient 90042ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,045 trillion 9003s a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 195,692 9003s, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 631,439 per year while the poor average 45,867, a ratio of 13.8 to 1.

4-year-olds studying for their mathematics exams are anxious that they will be unemployable in adulthood if they fail, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", politicians accepting drinks in bars are executed for taking bribes, and scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. 90042's national animal is the 9003, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

90042 is ranked 283,252^nd in the world and 83^rd in Big Farma for Highest Food Quality, scoring 5.25 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.