The Republic of Boresk is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 26 million Boreskians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 71.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Boreskian economy, worth 726 billion kronor 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 27,942 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Boresk's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Boresk is ranked 160,888^th in the world and 594^th in Talonia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 754.98 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.