The Autonomous Federation of Borealian Communes is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by General Labour Congress with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.36 billion Borealians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ottawa. The average income tax rate is 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Borealian economy, worth a remarkable 1,356 trillion Labour Credits 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 significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 130,952 Labour Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diners regard burgers made from mechanically reclaimed cow protein as "proper meat", the government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, the government is ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Ottawa for fear of causing a fuss, and burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony. Crime is totally unknown. Borealian Communes's national animal is the Beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Borealian Communes is ranked 149,211^th in the world and 100^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 507.02 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.