The Borderlands of Waaffle is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, digital currency, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.178 billion Waaffleans 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, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 85.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Waafflean economy, worth 489 trillion shiny rocks 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 117,279 shiny rocks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Space research funding has hit a recent high while several military bases are being closed down, the banshee wail foretells skies of death, AI citizens are criticized for being robotic, and sales of disinfectant wipes have skyrocketed. Crime is totally unknown. Waaffle's national animal is the werewolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Waaffle is ranked 253,131^st in the world and 847^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -7.48 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.