The Borderlands of Utel is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Leus Altus Utelia with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 5.756 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 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Utelian economy, worth 634 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 quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 110,221 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 3,672^nd in the world and 4^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 3,174.27 on the Clooney Contribution Index.