The Borderlands of Tatarogia is a large, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 131 million Tatarogians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The minute government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Education, Spirituality, and Law & Order are also considered important, while International Aid and Environment aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The Tatarogian economy, worth 7.48 trillion Azar Yips a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 57,069 Azar Yips, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 192,460 per year while the poor average 12,528, a ratio of 15.4 to 1.

Some of the country's most famous photographers are animals, politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, and Leader spends weekends doing the laundry of foreign leaders. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Tatarogia's national animal is the Streaming Mountain Goat, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tatarogia is ranked 45,836^th in the world and 193^rd in the Outback for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,748.98 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.