The Borderlands of Northumberlandia is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 771 million Northumberlandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Administration, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 8.7%.

The powerhouse Northumberlandian economy, worth 87.5 trillion Pound Sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 113,507 Pound Sterlings, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 532,263 per year while the poor average 14,431, a ratio of 36.9 to 1.

Education is transforming people into first-rate snobs, supermodels maintain their skinny form by running away from government officials, the government extracts trade concessions from poor nations in exchange for humanitarian aid, and diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Northumberlandia's national animal is the Magpie.

Northumberlandia is ranked 246,993^rd in the world and 5,876^th in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 52.94 law-abiding acts per hour.