The Borderlands of Phanelson Records Inc is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.216 billion Phanelson Records Incians 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 medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.2%.

The strong Phanelson Records Incian economy, worth 61.8 trillion Braxtons a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 50,808 Braxtons, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence, public transit is widely considered to be perpetrating the patriarchy, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and the PRIBI Channel Tunnel project is plagued by delays. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Phanelson Records Inc's national animal is the Polar Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Phanelson Records Inc is ranked 259,323^rd in the world and 407^th in Edoca for Most Cultured, scoring 62 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.