The Borderlands of Elgad-Irivard is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 6.428 billion Elgad-Irivardians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ildagard. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Elgad-Irivardian economy, worth 147 trillion baht a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Trout Farming, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 22,998 baht, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, prisoners have been known to host cooking and home décor television shows, the Messiah (formerly known as Brian) is a mayoral candidate, and Elgad-Irivard has designated Ildagard as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Elgad-Irivard's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Elgad-Irivard is ranked 64,108^th in the world and 11^th in Noneuropean Union for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.02 law-abiding acts per hour.