The Borderlands of Upper South Knotrukeihil is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.286 billion Upper South Knotrukeihilians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Meridian. The average income tax rate is 58.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Upper South Knotrukeihilian economy, worth 322 trillion caps a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,285 caps, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flu research is commonly shut down for fear of creating a superbug, the nation's Medal of Honour can be found as a free toy in breakfast cereal, government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive, and male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room. Crime is totally unknown. Upper South Knotrukeihil's national animal is the ferret, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Upper South Knotrukeihil is ranked 45,597^th in the world and 67^th in Yggdrasil for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,705.06 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.