The Autonomous Federation of Borealian Communes is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by General Labour Congress with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.233 billion Borealians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ottawa. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Borealian economy, worth 686 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 131,148 Labour Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Large sections of Borealian Communes have been named national reserves to protect the native tribes living there, companies struggle to cover for the hordes of employees on parental leave, stone wrist watches that weigh 20lb are the latest trend, and the government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces. 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 282,418^th in the world and 1,179^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Primitive, scoring -374.55 on the Scary Big Number Scale.