The Borderlands of Aeviternal XXII is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, infamous sell-swords, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.913 billion Aeviternal XXIIians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.5%.

The very strong Aeviternal XXIIian economy, worth 197 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 50,577 pounds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 189,788 per year while the poor average 9,418, a ratio of 20.2 to 1.

Children of nonreligious parents are often barred from school festival events, six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, weather forecasts regularly cover meteor showers, and travelers often bring empty plastic bottles on Air Aeviternal XXII flights to avoid the pay lavatories. Crime is moderate. Aeviternal XXII's national animal is the black cat.

Aeviternal XXII is ranked 248,401^st in the world and 569^th in Prison for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.