The Borderlands of Baspheel is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 512 million Feasters 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 medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mandiaxa Fortress. The average income tax rate is 40.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Baspheelian economy, worth 32.9 trillion Feastcoins a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,232 Feastcoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's air force consists of strongly-worded letters folded into paper airplanes, the nation's countrysides are littered with landmines due to ongoing family disputes, factories grind to a halt every time there is an election, and home renovation projects take decades to complete. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Baspheel's national animal is the Madeline Celeste, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Baspheel is ranked 158,519^th in the world and 2,142^nd in the South Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 2,069.98 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.