The Borderlands of Princess XCVII is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, cynical population of 3.933 billion Princess XCVIIians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 24.8%.

The Princess XCVIIian economy, worth 150 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,272 Delta Eagles, with the richest citizens earning 5.3 times as much as the poorest.

Six-year-old children playing dress-up are viewed with suspicion, the government has declared "all your rigs are belong to us", country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, and pollution is on the rise along with government approvals of fracking projects. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Princess XCVII's national animal is the Kitsune, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Princess XCVII is ranked 283,307^th in the world and 9^th in Coclestab for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -32.56 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.