The Borderlands of Old Cheyenne is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Jill McBain with an even hand, and renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, anti-smoking policies, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate population of 18.48 billion Old Cheyennites are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sweetwater. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Old Cheyennean economy, worth a remarkable 3,359 trillion hats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 181,798 hats, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead, the art of conversation has been rediscovered, blackface performers claim they are being deliberately ironic, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Cheyenne's national animal is the scorpion, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Agnosticism.

Old Cheyenne is ranked 4,465^th in the world and 259^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 119.28 law-abiding acts per hour.