The Borderlands of The atomic is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Atomzz with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 5.25 billion Atomites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Crater of Atom. The average income tax rate is 78.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving atomician economy, worth 450 trillion Rupeeses 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 85,717 Rupeeses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Weekends are spent tilting at windmills, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, "Atomzz got your tongue?" has become a popular idiom, and the nation's new Mylab space station is notorious for being the loneliest place above the planet. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The atomic's national animal is the Shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Cthulu.

The atomic is ranked 66,709^th in the world and 132^nd in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,877.56 on the Gilded Widget Scale.