The Borderlands of Utel is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Leus Altus Utelia with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 6.942 billion Utellans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Uthenvhenal. The average income tax rate is 93.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Utelian economy, worth 756 trillion lozzes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 108,909 lozzes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated, schoolyard bullying has a tendency to escalate, weather forecasts are accurate but nobody has the bandwidth to view them, and Leus Altus Utelia's speeches are beloved by insomniacs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Utel's national animal is the sochil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Utel is ranked 298,736^th in the world and 307^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 6,970.24 Standard Monetary Units.