The Borderlands of Midworld is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 327 million Great Old Ones 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 large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Can'-Ka No Rey. The average income tax rate is 63.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Great Old One economy, worth 26.0 trillion Firedims a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,415 Firedims, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Supermarkets and large corporate farms are a thing of the past, traumatised refugees have a full bedpan shoved into their hands along with their immigration papers, pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit, and maritime signalling has become tedious since only the Great Old One flag can be displayed. Crime is totally unknown. Midworld's national animal is the Billy Bumbler, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Midworld is ranked 47,715^th in the world and 19^th in Atlanticana for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,077.99 on the Gilded Widget Scale.