The Borderlands of N18196 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its daily referendums, fear of technology, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 6.022 billion N18196ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.3%.

The frighteningly efficient N18196ian economy, worth 826 trillion nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 137,324 nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnns, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 395,422 per year while the poor average 37,879, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Referenda are held for every conceivable government action, politicians can be condescending (which by the way means "showing an attitude of patronising superiority"), female restaurant chefs are not allowed to have male customers, and retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. N18196's national animal is the nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

N18196 is ranked 12,116^th in the world and 835^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.63 law-abiding acts per hour.