The Exalted Supremacy of East Borland is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by His Supreme Eminence with an iron fist, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate, disturbing lack of elderly people, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 34.185 billion East Borlandists are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order and Industry are also considered important, while Environment and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Lair. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient East Borlandian economy, worth an astonishing 28,589 trillion Slaves a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is notable. Average income is a breathtaking 836,322 Slaves, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 6,202,877 per year while the poor average 33,563, a ratio of 184 to 1.

Locally produced computer games are being released faster than gamers can play them, the navy is chrome-plating its battleships to prevent rust, it is customary to begin the summer with a fasting ritual in which people eat nothing but kumquat smoothies, and smog in The Lair is so bad that fresh air bottles are sold by street vendors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. East Borland's national animal is the Gila Monster, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Oppression.

East Borland is ranked 1,672^nd in the world and 17^th in The Alliance of Dictators for Largest Black Market, with 1,207 trillion Standard Monetary Units.